World AIDS day presentation for students

2. HIV/AIDS
� What do HIV/AIDS stand for?
� H.I.V.- Human Immunodeficiency Virus
� A.I.D.S.- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
� This virus attacks the T-cells, disabling them from
fighting off diseases and viruses

3. Difference Between HIV & AIDS
The difference between
HIV and AIDS is that:
� HIV is the virus that
causes AIDS
� HIV may or may not
have symptoms
� AIDS is symptomatic
� AIDS is the condition
of lowered immunity
caused by the virus

4. The Immune System
T Cells (CD4 Cells) = Part of body’s immune system
CD4 The average person has between 800 & 1500
CD4 cells per cubic millimetre of blood
The immune system helps fight diseases
Disease
CD4
Disease
KILLS DISEASE
IMMUNE
SYSTEM
ATTACKS DISEASE

5. HIV and the CD4 Count
As the amount of HIV in the body increases the amount
of CD4 cells in the body decreases
When the CD4 count becomes low the body is less able
to fight off any disease.
Amount
in
Body
CD4
HIV

6. HIV and the Immune System
When HIV enters the body it must enter a cell to live and reproduce.
The HIV virus attacks CD4 cells, eventually killing them
The newly produced HIV then moves into new CD4 cells and infects
them. The body’s immune system tries to replace the lost CD4 cells,
but over time it is unable to keep these levels up.
HI
V
HI
V
HI
V HI
V
CD4
HIV
HIV Enters CD4 Cells HIV Replicates Kills CD4
Cells
CD4

7. Modes of Transmission
� Risky Sexual Behaviors
� Unprotected vaginal intercourse
� Unprotected oral intercourse
� Unprotected intercourse with
multiple partners

8. Modes of Transmission Contd.
� IV drug use
� Blood transfusion
� Transfer through
saliva
� Enters through any
cut,wounds, or other
open abrasion of
skin

9. Modes of Transmission Contd.
� Neonatal
transmission
� Vaginal transmission
to baby ~ cesarean
� Breast milk

11. ❖ Adolescent girls and young women are at a
disproportionately high risk of contracting
HIV/AIDS.
❖Girls are physiologically more vulnerable to infection.
❖Gender-based inequities mean “girls and women are
more likely to be poor and powerless,” hence are more
vulnerable to sexual exploitation and HIV/AIDS
infection.
❖Violence against girls in the form of forced or coerced
sex, or CSEC also increase their chances of becoming
infected.
❖ Children who live on the streets.
❖ Children who inject drugs.
HIV/AIDSWhich children are most affected?

13. Facts and Statistics
� African American Females are at higher risk
� 72% more likely to get HIV/AIDS

14. 1. You cannot catch HIV from kissing.
2. You cannot catch HIV from sitting on a
toilet seat
3. You cannot catch HIV from coughing or
sneezing
4. You cannot catch HIV from sharing cutlery
5. You cannot catch HIV from drinking out of
the same glass
6. You cannot catch HIV from mosquito bite
7. You cannot catch HIV from hugging
HIV Myths of transmission:

15. Facts and Myths
� African American women are
at higher risk ~ Fact
� Only homosexual people get it
~ Myth
� You can’t get AIDS if on birth
control~ Myth
� Abstinence is the only 100%
effective method~ Fact
� There is a complete cure for
HIV/AIDS~ Myth

16. We have proof…

17. We have the living proofs….

22. But what we are doing to them…

25. ❖ Educate yourself about HIV/AIDS.
❖ Contact local, state, and national
politicians for support for HIV/AIDS.
❖Write letters asking for their opinion on
HIV/AIDS.
❖ Talk to your parents about HIV/AIDS.
❖Educate the adults in your life!
❖ Advocate for HIV/AIDS awareness!
❖Begin a social awareness/human rights club.
HIV/AIDSWhat Can You Do?

27. “The world we have made as a result of the level of thinking
we have done thus far creates problems that we cannot solve
at the same level at which we have created them... We shall
require a substantially new manner of thinking if humankind
is to survive.”
Albert Einstein

28. PreparedBy