HIV prevention is possible. Individuals can reduce the risk of HIV infection by limiting exposure to risk factors. Key approaches for HIV prevention, which are often used in combination, are listed belo...
Risk Factors of HIV
HIV can be transmitted from person to person in blood, semen, pre-seminal fluid (pre-cum), fluids from the vagina and rectum, and breast milk. So most people are at risk when body fluids from someone who's infected could get into and mix with theirs...
HIV Testing
What is HIV testing?
HIV testing is a technique carried out to show whether a person has HIV.
HIV testing can detect HIV infection, but it can’t tell how long a person has been infected with HIV or if the person has AID...
Signs & Symptoms of HIV Infection
At first, people with HIV don’t usually have symptoms right away, so they may not know they have it. It can be years before HIV makes you feel sick...
Stages of HIV Infection
Untreated HIV infection advances in stages, getting worse over time. HIV gradually destroys the immune system and eventually causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
There is no cure for HIV infection, but HIV medicines (called antiretrovirals or ARVs) can slow...
Prevalence of HIV Infection in Nigeria
HIV is a major global public health issue that has claimed the lives of over 30 Million people.
Nigeria has the second largest HIV epidemic in the world. Although HIV prevalence among adults is much less (2.8%) than other sub-Saharan African countries such as South Africa(18.8%)...
What are HIV and AIDS?
What is HIV?
HIV is a virus that attacks cells in the immune system, which is our body’s natural defence against illness. The virus destroys a type of white blood cell in the immune system called a T-helper cell, and makes copies of itself inside these cells. T-helper...
