#HIVBASICS:

WORLD AIDS DAY SUNDAY 1 DECEMBER 2013

HIV =A VIRUS THAT ATTACKS THE IMMUNE SYSTEM – THE BODY’S DEFENCE AGAINST DISEASE.

AIDS =WHEN A PERSON’S IMMUNE SYSTEM IS SO DAMAGED BY HIV, IT CAN’T FIGHT OFF DISEASES IT NORMALLY WOULD.

THAT’S ALMOST ONE EACH DAY.

PEOPLE WERE DIAGNOSED WITH HIV LAST YEAR IN SCOTLAND.

349

24%in the UK who have HIV don’t know it.

of people

Getting tested is the only way to be sure.

THE 2 MAIN WAYS YOU CAN CATCH HIV:

• SEX WITHOUT A CONDOM

• SHARING DRUG-INJECTING KIT

YOU CAN’T CATCH HIV FROM A KISS.

•OR A CUP.

•OR A HANDSHAKE.

•OR EVEN A TOILET SEAT.

HIV DOESN’T JUST AFFECT GAY MEN.

41% of new HIV cases

in Scotland last year were passed by sex between men and women.

THERE’S NO CURE FOR HIV.

BUT THERE ARE EFFECTIVE TREATMENTS THAT MEAN PEOPLE WITH HIV CAN HAVE A NEAR NORMAL LIFE SPAN.

HOW MUCH DO REALLY KNOW ABOUT HIV?

Try the #HIVbasics quiz

www.hivscotland.com/quiz