School Health Education to Prevent AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) : Students' Activities (UNESCO - WHO, 1994, 79 p.): Unit 1: Basic Knowledge on HIV/AIDS/STD: You can’t get AIDS by...

School Health Education to Prevent AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) : Students' Activities (UNESCO - WHO, 1994, 79 p.)

Unit 1: Basic Knowledge on HIV/AIDS/STD

		HIV/AIDS/STD - Basic questions and answers
		Looking into AIDS
		HIV, AIDS, STD - What do they mean?
		How a person gets HIV*
		You can’t get AIDS by...
		What do you believe?
		What would you do?
		What is your risk?
		Are you at risk?
		Protect yourself against AIDS
		Dear Doctor Sue
		Which is safer?
		What happens with HIV infection?
		How do you know if you have HIV/AIDS?
		Testing for HIV
		Test: What you know...about testing
		AIDS help - Who? Where?
		You be the doctor
		Are you a responsible person?

You can’t get AIDS by...

Why?

By knowing how HIV is not spread you can reduce your fear of AIDS. You will also be better able to provide care and comfort, without fear, to someone living with AIDS.

How?

For each picture, write down what the people are doing. You will learn that HIV is not spread through any of these activities.

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HIV does not spread through everyday contact with people who are infected with HIV. So we don’t need to worry about things we do daily!