HIV PREVENTION

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Transmission

HIV is transmitted from one person to another via body fluids which include:

➔ Blood
➔ Breastmilk
➔ Seminal Fluids
➔ Vaginal Fluids
➔ Anal Mucus

In the United States, HIV is spread mainly by:
➔ Having anal or vaginal sex with someone who has HIV without using a condom or taking
medicines to prevent or treat HIV
➔ Sharing injection drug equipment (works), such as needles, with someone who has HIV
HIV can also spread from a woman with HIV to her child during pregnancy, childbirth (also called labor
and delivery), or breastfeeding. This is called mother-to-child transmission of HIV”
To learn more about HIV click here to be directed to the CDC Website.

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Prevention and Treatment

You can use strategies such as abstinence (not having sex), limiting your number of sexual partners, never sharing needles, and using condoms the right way every time you have sex. You may also be able to take
advantage of newer HIV prevention medicines such as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP).

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If you have HIV, there are many actions you can take to prevent transmitting it to others. The most important is taking HIV medicine (called antiretroviral therapy, or ART) as prescribed. If you take HIV medicine as prescribed and get and keep an undetectable viral load (or stay virally suppressed), you can
stay healthy and have effectively no risk of transmitting HIV to an HIV-negative sex partner.
Our Usecondomsense campaign is geared towards educating youth on risk reduction, prevention, and their overall health. We conduct community and street outreach where we disseminate information and free condoms. Our goal is to disseminate 10,000 condoms to the community.

When condoms are used properly, they create a barrier that prevents the virus from spreading from one infected individual to someone else. Condoms are highly effective at preventing STDs and Pregnancy.

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Substance Use and Increased Risk

Sharing needles accounts for the second highest number of reported HIV infections and AIDS cases in
the United States. Other drug use and alcohol use, including the abuse of prescription drugs also affect
the judgement of a person and put them at risk for engaging in risky behaviors. If you inject drugs you
can get infected with HIV, HBV, or HCV by sharing needles, syringes, and other injection equipment that
someone else might have used.

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Youth Facts
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All About Condoms

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Resources

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