When this happens, you get a group of particular medical conditions called aidsdefining conditionsor illnesses and we say that you have developed acquired immune deficiency syndrome aids. The stages of hiv infection understanding hivaids aidsinfo. During this time, some people have flulike symptoms, such as fever, headache, and rash. Community advocates training manual 5 aids acquired immunodeficiency syndrome arv antiretroviral drugs asrh adolescent sexualreproductive health coc combined oral contraceptives ecp emergency contraceptives pills fgcm female genital cuttingmutilation gbv gender based violence haart highly active antiretroviral therapy hiv human immunodeficiency virus.
Hiv severely damages a persons immune system, so that the body can no longer fight off infections and other diseases. Aids is the result of progression of hiv infection. Guide for the tourism sector international labour office. Education is a key factor in promoting social and economical development of countries, alleviating poverty, and improving living standards of individuals.
Glossary information on hivaids treatment, prevention. Acute hiv infection is the earliest stage of hiv infection, and it generally develops within 2 to 4 weeks after infection with hiv. Anyone infected with hiv, although healthy, can still transmit the virus to another person. Hiv during pregnancy, labor and delivery, and after birth. The centers for disease control and prevention cdc report that the virus attacks the immune system, eventually leaving the body prone to multiple different types of infections. Get on the fasttrack the lifecycle approach to hiv unaids. Aids is a disease which has the following elements. Fact sheets about hivaids treatment information, the prevention of motherto child transmission, and hiv treatment side effects.
Ministry of health guidelines for hivaids diagnosis and treatment published with decision no. Fact sheets about hivaids treatment information, the prevention of mothertochild transmission, and hiv treatment side effects. In february, cdc establishes the national aids hotline to respond to public inquiries about the disease. Hivaids and education in africa page 2 debra meyer public education efforts in many countries notably thailand, cambodia and uganda1 have helped to stabilize or decrease the spread of hiv. Aids the acronym for acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Learn more about the stages of hiv and how to know whether you have hiv. The 9th edition of the aidsinfo glossary of hivaidsrelated terms continues to provide people living with hiv, their families and friends, health care professionals, and students a roadmap to understanding hiv. Stage 3 is when a persons immune system is very badly damaged and can no longer. Hiv is an acronym for human immunodeficiency virus, the virus that causes aids, or acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Key features of the latest edition of the glossary include the following. Who clinical staging of hiv disease in adults, adolescents.
Pdf documents can be viewed with the free adobe reader. Art changes the prognosis and can reverse the inevitable progression through the clinical stages. Hivaids information resources from nlm aidsource l aidsource aidsource is a portal linking to various resources from nlm, nih, and other organizations. Hiv during pregnancy, labor and delivery, and after birth this series of fact sheets is intended for women who are hiv positive and pregnant or have recently given birth. Cdc reports cases of aids in female sexual partners of males with aids. It contains basic information on hivaids, hivrelated conditions and opportunistic infections, hivaids policies and organizational living with hivaids, and more. Unit 2, hiv clinical staging and surveillance case definitions. Hiv is a virus spread through certain body fluids that attacks the bodys immune system, specifically the cd4 cells, often called t cells. Aids is the final stage of the disease caused by infection with the virus. Adults with hiv infection are classified into 4 clinical stages depending on the presence of hivrelated conditions table 1.
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