HIV And HEALTH

Question 1

How is HIV transmitted?

Answer 1

Through unprotected sex( vaginal, anal, oral) with an infected person

From child to mother(pregnancy/ breastfeeding)

Through direct contact with infected blood/blood products

Question 2

What are the BIO-PSYCHOSOCIAL influences that increase vulnerability to HIV/AIDS?

Answer 2

Unprotected vaginal sex
Unequal gendered power relations
Engaging in high risk behaviour
Structural inequalities- age and education level
Culture of physical and sexual violence

Question 3

What are the Strategies for the prevention and management of HIV?

Answer 3

Promote ABC- Abstain, Be faithful and Condomise

Emphasis on a multi-level integrative approach

Question 4

How can the transmission from Mother to Child be prevented?

Answer 4

By antenatal care- HIV testing, advice on breastfeeding practices

Question 5

How is Post exposure prophalyxis used?

Answer 5

Used when HIV negative people have been exposed to HIV through rape…
PEP is only effective if the taken before 72 hours after exposure
Not 100% effective

Question 6

What is a PrEP?

Answer 6

Taken by an HIV negative person who is at high risk of infection–Daily medication

Question 7

What is Treatment as Prevention (TasP)?

Answer 7

Applied to the HIV positive person

Anti-retroviral treatment is used

Question 8

How doesVoluntary male medical circumcision (VMMC) reduce the chances of contracting HIV?

Answer 8

Circumcised males were 60% less likely to transmit HIV to their female partners

Question 9

How Needle and Syringe programmes(NSPs) reduce the transmission of HIV?

Answer 9

Intravenous drug users are given new needles and syringes in effort to reduce HIV transmission and other viruses

Question 10

What is the impact of HIV on mental health?

Answer 10

People infected with HIV are at greater risk of developing a mental disorder because of stress-depression