Tuesday, June 28, 2011

What YOU need to know: Facts & Trivia about HIV/AIDS

Yesterday you received some trivia facts and questions. If you were able to use our mobile texting program Text2Survive or T2S, by texting the word GAME to 36363, you got instant feedback on yesterday's trivia questions. Answers to yesterday's trivia are posted at the end of this blog.

TODAY's FACTS & TRIVIA
Facts
• A person is diagnosed with AIDS when they have developed an AIDS related condition or symptom, called an opportunistic infection, or an AIDS related cancer.
• There is still no cure for AIDS. The only way to stay safe is to be aware of how HIV is transmitted and how to prevent HIV infection.

Trivia
1. What is AIDS?

2. What is the difference between HIV and AIDS?

Answers to yesterday's trivia:
1. Approximately how many people worldwide are living with HIV
Answer: 33 million people.

2. What is HIV?
Answer: Human Immunodeficiency Virus is a virus that cannot grow or reproduce on their own, they need to infect the cells of a living organism in order to replicate.

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