Vaikundarajan breaks the most commonly presumed myths about HIV- positive and AIDS on world AIDS Day.

1. Vaikundarajan spreads
awareness about Aids on World
Aids Day

2. • December 1st is celebrated as World Aids Day
every year all over the world
• This year, Vaikundarajan would like to break
some commonly presumed myths about this life
threatening disease

3. Myth 1
You get HIV Aids by being around people
who are HIV positive
• Evidence shows that HIV is not spread through
touch, tears, sweat, or saliva
• You get HIV positive only from infected blood,
semen, vaginal fluid, or mother's milk.

4. Myth 2
I can get HIV from mosquitoes
• Studies show no evidence to support this claim
• When insects bite, they do not inject the blood of
the person or animal they have last bitten
• Also, HIV lives for only a short time inside an
insect

5. Myth 3
Its very easy to spot an HIV- positive
patient
• You can be HIV-positive and not have any
symptoms for years
• The only way for you to know if you're HIV-positive
is to get tested

6. Myth 4
If I am HIV-positive my life is over
• In the early years of the disease epidemic, the
death rate from AIDS was extremely high
• But today, antiretroviral drugs allow HIV-positive
people and even those with AIDS to live
much longer, normal, and productive lives

7. • Vaikundarajan supports this initiative to spread
awareness about AIDS
• He extends his heartfelt sorries to families and
friends who have lost their loved ones by this
disease all over the world

8. THANK YOU