partially fulfillment of AIDS and HIV awareness.. it is made by Rajesh Sanyasi for aids awareness program in Himalayan pharmacy institute sikkim

2.  “Human Immunodeficiency virus”
 An specific type of virus(RNA retrovirus)
 Main causative virus of AIDS

3.  Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
 Disease limits the body’s ability to fight
infection
 A person with AIDS has a very weak
immune system.

4. 1926
Some scientists believe HIV spreaded from monkeys to humans
between 1926 - 1946.
1959
A man died in Congo, in what researchers now say was the first
proven AIDS death.

5. 1987
The FDA approves the first antiretroviral
medication,zidovudine (AZT), as an AIDS treatment.
1978
Gay men in the U.S. and Sweden – and heterosexuals in
Tanzania and Haiti --begin showing signs of what will later
be called AIDS

7. Overview of HIV and AIDS in
India
In india , estimated that around 2.4 million people are currently
living with HIV

8. Sikkim Mail Report
In the year 2010-11 there were total of 213 patients
across state
The mode of transmission of HIV in Sikkim is mostly due to
–
1)Unprotected sex
2) Ingestion of Drugs

11.  Short, flu-like illness - occurs one to six
weeks after infection
 no symptoms at all
 Infected person can infect other people

12.  Lasts for an average of ten years
 This stage is free from symptoms
 There may be swollen glands
 The level of HIV in the blood drops to very
low levels
 HIV antibodies are detectable in the blood

13.  The symptoms are mild
 The immune system deteriorates
 Emergence of opportunistic infections
and cancers

14.  The immune
system weakens
 The illnesses
become more
severe leading to
an AIDS
diagnosis

15.  Bacterial
• Tuberculosis (TB)
• Strep pneumonia
 Viral
• Kaposi Sarcoma
• Herpes
• Influenza (flu)

16.  ELISA (Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay )
 Rapid or point-of-care tests
 Interpreting antibody tests
 Western blot

17. AIDS IS SPREAD IN THE FOLLOWING
WAYS:
HIV is found
in
blood,semen,
vaginal fluids
and linings of
genital areas
2 Mother to Child
Breast
feeding
Pregnancy
Childbirth
3 Unprotected sex
(Sex without a
condom) oral ,
anal
or vaginal sex
1 Infected blood
(Needles, cut/sore,
razor blades,
Toothbrushes, blood
transfusion)

18. AIDS IS NOT SPREAD BY
Mosquito Bites Laughin
g
Food
Hugging and
Touching
Sharing Toilets,
baths
Swimming PoolsSneezing and
Coughing
Kissin
g

19. Prevention is better than cure
Look before you leap

20. 1) AZT (Zidovudine)
2) Viramune (Nevirapine)
3)Norvir (Ritonavir)

21.  Issued in an event where antiretroviral
drugs are not available

22.  Abstinence
 Monogamous Relationship
 Protected Sex
 Sterile needles

23. 1)Use condoms (female or male) every time
you have sex (vaginal or anal)
2)Latex condom (not a natural skin condom)
3)Always use a latex barrier during oral sex

25.  Make sure the package is not expired
 Make sure to check the package for
damages
 Do not open the package with your teeth for
risk of tearing
 Never use the condom more than once
 Use water-based rather than oil-based
condoms

26.  If a needle/syringe or cooker is shared,
it must be disinfected:
• Fill the syringe with undiluted bleach and wait
at least 30 seconds.
• thoroughly rinse with water
• Do this between each person’s use

27.  Non-profit
Organization,
which provides
sterile needles in
exchange for
contaminated ones

28.  They are still not accepted by the society.
 They are kept isolated from the society.
 They are compelled to leave the place
they belong after the society comes to
know that he/she is a victim of HIV/AIDS.

29.  Rajesh Sanyasi