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Contents

Basic disease information
What is Aids?, Where does Aids come from?, Contracting the virus, In which body fluids does HIV occur?, How common is HIV/AIDS? (Statistics), more...

XVI International Aids Conference
Many HIV women neglected, HIV+: 33% don't use condoms, HIV programmes neglect older people, New HIV guidelines for adults, Knowledge a muti against HIV, more...

HIV in the body
HIV and the immune system , How HIV infection begins , The interaction between viral load, CD4 cell count and disease progression

Symptoms & Diseases associated
Symptoms and phases of HIV infection & Aids , Diseases associated with HIV, HIV and Tuberculosis: , Tuberculosis (TB), The deadly alliance of STDs and HIV, more...

Disease prevention
Disease prevention , Safer sex - the male condom, Safer sex – the female condom, General safer sex rules, Factors affecting safer sex choices, more...

When Aids sets in
When Aids sets in , Cryptosporidiosis, Cytomegalovirus, Candidiasis, Lymphoma, more...

Women & HIV
Treating rape survivors, The burden of HIV/Aids on women , Women’s vulnerability to HIV

Fitness & HIV
HIV and exercise, Sports & HIV , Exercise helps fight HIV

Transmission of HIV
Transmission of HIV, Transmission, sexual acts, Transmitting HIV through blood, HIV: Mother-to-child, Myths about the transmission of HIV, more...

Testing
The importance of getting tested, HIV antibody tests, Viral tests, HIV tests used in babies and young children, What is the "window period?" , more...

Management of HIV/Aids
Managing and monitoring HIV, Antiretroviral treatment, Developments in medications, “Drug holidays” , HIV – not a death sentence

HIV+, what now?
I’m HIV positive – what now? , How to tell others (Disclosure issues), Living positively , Managing stress, What about sex now?, more...

HIV & ...
Children affected by HIV/Aids, HIV and parents, HIV and gay sex, HIV and older people, HIV and health workers, more...

Nutrition and Aids
HIV/Aids and nutrition, Problems that interfere with good nutrition , Food safety , Aids and supplements, Aids: Can diet help?, more...

Counselling
Basic counselling principles , Qualities of an effective counsellor, Basic communication skills, The eight commandments of emotional support , Pre- and post- HIV test counselling , more...

The caregiver
What about the caretaker? , Burnout checklist , Managing stress and burnout, Two relaxation exercises, Care and nursing principles

The South African culture
HIV/Aids in SA, Understanding HIV stigma essential, HIV danger to migrant workers, Aids at the office, HIV/Aids takes our matrics, more...

Afrikaans
Vigswesies - en hoe hulle gou grootmens moes word, Vigs kan onderwys knou, Vigsskok wag op landbou

Legal issues
A. The Constitution and the legal framework , B. The basic rights of people living with HIV/Aids , C. Specific application of the law , D. Management and policy issues, Non-disclosure may be rape, more...

Different political stances
Disputes continue while kids die, Bleak Aids message for SA schools, HIV testing of rapists, Vaccine to be tested in SA, Stunned by rapid HIV spread, more...

HIV/Aids menu
About HIV/Aids
Afrikaans
Basic disease information
Counselling
Different political stances
Disease prevention
Fitness & HIV
HIV & ...
HIV in the body
HIV+, what now?
Legal issues
Management of HIV/Aids
Nutrition and Aids
Real life story
Symptoms & Diseases associated
Testing
The caregiver
The South African culture
Transmission of HIV
When Aids sets in
Women & HIV
XVI International Aids Conference
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