{"id":474,"date":"2021-12-01T16:01:28","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T16:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paxspharmaceuticals.com\/?p=474"},"modified":"2021-12-10T09:01:16","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T09:01:16","slug":"world-aids-day-2021-end-inequalities-end-aids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paxspharma.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/01\/world-aids-day-2021-end-inequalities-end-aids\/","title":{"rendered":"World AIDS Day 2021: \u201cEnd Inequalities. End AIDS.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The world raises awareness about HIV\/AIDS every first of December. The focus for this year is on ending inequalities that pose as obstacles to the termination of the AIDS \u201cpandemic (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unaids.org\/en\/2021-world-aids-day\">UNAIDS<\/a>)\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a bid to raise more awareness and provide further education concerning HIV\/AIDS, here are some facts about the infection &#8211; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>HIV\/AIDS no de show for face<\/li><li>Mos people infected with HIV do not know that they have become infected. However, some people may experience glandular fever-like illness with fever, rash, joint pains and enlarged lymph nodes) immediately after the infection<\/li><li>The term AIDS applies to the most advanced stages of HIV infection.<\/li><li>The majority of people infected with HIV, if not treated, develop signs of AIDS within eight to 10 years.<\/li><li>HIV is transmitted through penetrative (anal or vaginal) sex, blood transfusion, the sharing of contaminated sharp objects including needles in health-care settings and drug injection and between mother and infant during pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding.<\/li><li>&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How can HIV infection be prevented?<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sexual transmission of HIV can be prevented by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Monogamous relations between uninfected partners.<\/li><li>Non-penetrative sex.<\/li><li>Consistent and correct use of male or female condoms<\/li><li>Antiretroviral (ARV) therapy in the case of sex between an infected and an uninfected person (ARV can result in an undetectable viral load in infected persons<\/li><li>Pre-exposure prophylaxis taken by people who are not infected with HIV.<\/li><li>Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision reduces the chances of men acquiring HIV from women. However, circumcision is not a magic bullet. Circumcised men can still become infected by and infect their sexual partner<strong><\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Additional ways to avoid infection:<\/strong><\/li><li>If you are an injecting drug user, always use new needles and syringes that are disposable or that have been properly sterilized before reuse&nbsp;<\/li><li>Ensure that blood and blood products are tested for HIV, and that blood safety standards are implemented.<\/li><li>Pregnant mothers living with HIV\/AIDS should not only begin antenatal care on time, but follow through with every medical instruction given by their caregiver.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>There is no known cure for HIV yet. However, there is effective treatment, which, if started promptly and taken regularly, results in a quality and long life for someone living with HIV (similar to that expected in the absence of the infection).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Go for HIV\/AIDS testing and counseling now, to be on the safe side.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world raises awareness about HIV\/AIDS every first of December. The focus for this year is on ending inequalities that pose as obstacles to the termination of the AIDS \u201cpandemic (UNAIDS)\u201d In a bid to raise more awareness and provide further education concerning HIV\/AIDS, here are some facts about the infection &#8211; &nbsp; HIV\/AIDS no de show for face Mos people infected with HIV do not know that they have become infected. However, some people [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,19],"tags":[87,86,88],"class_list":["post-474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-days","category-healthcare","tag-aids","tag-hiv","tag-world-aids-day-2021"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paxspharma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paxspharma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paxspharma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paxspharma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paxspharma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=474"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paxspharma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":476,"href":"https:\/\/paxspharma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474\/revisions\/476"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paxspharma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paxspharma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paxspharma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paxspharma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}