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
• Since the first cases of AIDS were identified in 1981, more than 25 million people have died from AIDS. An estimated 1.8 million people died as a result of AIDS in 2009 alone.
• Around 2.6 million people became infected with HIV in 2009. Sub-Saharan Africa has been hardest hit by the epidemic; in 2009 over two-thirds of AIDS deaths were in this region.
Trivia
1. How can I tell if I have HIV or AIDS?
2. Who should be tested?
Answers to yesterday's trivia:
1. What is AIDS?
Answer: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome is a medical condition. A person is diagnosed with AIDS when their immune system is too weak to fight off infections.
2. What is the difference between HIV and AIDS?
Answer: HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. When an HIV-positive person acquires an opportunistic "AIDS-defining" disease, they become an AIDS patient.
Youth peer educators on HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention in Illinois. "We can be the generation to stamp out AIDS".
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