World AIDS Day 2023: How You Can Help

World AIDS Day 2023: How You Can Help

Know the facts about HIV:

  • HIV is a chronic but manageable disease.
  • HIV medicines can’t cure HIV, but they help people with HIV live long, healthy lives.
  • People with HIV take a combination of HIV medicines every day.
  • HIV can only be transmitted three ways: Unprotected sex, sharing of needles, and mother to child: pregnancy or breastfeeding
  • If a person is undetectable by taking medications every day they are suppressed and the virus cannot be transmitted! This is called: U=U, Undetectable = Untransmittable.

Ways You Can Help this WORLD AIDS DAY

  1. Keep Learning
  2. Support people living with HIV, adherence issues often happen because of mental health, stigma, or not having support.
  3. Ask: How can I best support you?
  4. Advocate for treatment for all globally: Emergency Plan for HIV.
  5. Get tested and encourage others to get tested.
  6. Encourage those who are at-risk for exposure to access (PrEP) Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for prevention.
  7. Fight stigma and discrimination. Speak up and Share the facts with others.

Support organizations like Crazy Love Africa who are doing this important work.

 

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