Most people get the HIV virus by:
• There is no cure for AIDS. There are drugs that can slow down the HIV virus, and slow down the damage to your immune system. There is no way to "clear" the HIV out of your body. • Other drugs can prevent or treat opportunistic infections (OIs). In most cases, these drugs work very well. The newer, stronger ARVs have also helped reduce the rates of most OIs. A few OIs, however, are still very difficult to treat.
• At the beginning of 1986, despite over 20,000 reported AIDS cases worldwide, India had no reported cases of HIV or AIDS. • Later in the year, India’s first cases of HIV were diagnosed among sex workers in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. • In 1987 a National AIDS Control Programme was launched to co-ordinate national responses.
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• There is no cure for AIDS. There are drugs that can slow down the HIV virus, and slow down the damage to your immune system. There is no way to "clear" the HIV out of your body. • Other drugs can prevent or treat opportunistic infections (OIs). In most cases, these drugs work very well. The newer, stronger ARVs have also helped reduce the rates of most OIs. A few OIs, however, are still very difficult to treat.
• At the beginning of 1986, despite over 20,000 reported AIDS cases worldwide, India had no reported cases of HIV or AIDS. • Later in the year, India’s first cases of HIV were diagnosed among sex workers in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. • In 1987 a National AIDS Control Programme was launched to co-ordinate national responses.
doc_651382772.pptx