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AIDS and Society

2012

Caring for people with AIDS, risk groups, life with aids, fear of infected people, AIDS organizations

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AIDS organizations in Germany and Europe life with AIDS risk groups in Germany caring for people with AIDS help for infected people discrimination against infected people pregnancy

AIDS organizations in Germany and Europe

many organizations: Unaids Gib Aids keine Chance Who Deutsche Aidsstiftung Deutsche Aidshilfe AIDS Action Europe (AAE)

Life with AIDS

Nearly no change in life Many Pills you can only have sex with condom Maybe no children

Risk groups in germany

People who have unprotected sex People who frequently change sexual partners Prostitutes Drug addicts, who use shots especially when the needle is shared People who have received blood products before 1985

Caring and help for people with AIDS

Taking care of yourself: Positive attitude, no depressions live longer with healthy food, make sports Extra rest Try not to worry too much Ask for help Stop smoking, stop drinking alcohol, avoid unnecessary medicines

Caring and help for people with AIDS

Recommendations for carers: Spend time with the person infected with HIV Keep an eye on their weight Check the medicines they are taking Be encoraging and loving Discuss the food they are taking

discrimination against infected people

HIV connected with homosexuality and prostitution which are stigmatised Most people HIV infection through sex Some people think that being infected with HIV is the result of moral fault

Pregnacy and AIDS

7% of all cases HIV in the Uterus 18% gets HIV at birth 15% gets HIV while breastfeeding Modern drugs highly effective at preventing transmission HIV+ and HIV- partners can have children without HIV transmission

Thanks for your attention

Sources

WWW.leo.org http://www.frauenaerzte-im-netz.de/de_hiv-und-aidsrisikogruppen_357.html http://www.who.int/ http://www.iasociety.org/ http://www.aidshilfe.de/ http://cspecht.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/world_aids_day_ ribbon.png