1. Know your HIV status

• You can find out by getting tested.
• If you are HIV-positive, take ART. This significantly reduces the risk of HIV transmission.
• If you're HIV-positive and pregnant, take ART as this significantly reduces the risk of your baby acquiring HIV. Breastfeeding can transmit HIV, so talk to your doctor about your options.

https://theconversation.com/hiv-test-and-treat-strategy-can-save-lives-but-it-needs-to-be-easier-for-patients-to-start-treatment-59372 

HIV Testing

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ART: The combination of several ART medicines to treat HIV.

2. Stay HIV-negative

Sexual activity:

• Know your partner's HIV status/tell your partner if you have HIV.
• Use a new condom every time you have sex (anal/vaginal), especially if you don't know the HIV status of your partner.
• Use water-based lubricants only. Oil-based ones can weaken condoms and cause them to break.
• STIs can be transmitted through oral sex; use a non-lubricated, cut-open condom/dental dam.
• Take pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) if you're around people who are vulnerable to HIV infection. PrEP is only available by prescription, and needs to be taken daily.

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Negative HIV result

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PrEP pill

Drug use:

• Use a sterile needle to inject drugs and don't share it with others.
• If you absolutely must share equipment (although highly discouraged), thoroughly clean the given piece of equipment with bleach and water before each and every use.

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Clean needles

Contact with blood:

• Be careful when helping someone who is bleeding.
• If you are exposed to blood, protect any cuts/open sores on your skin, as well as your eyes and mouth.
• Use gloves, masks and other protective equipment.

Male circumcision:

• Male circumcision can lower a man's risk of HIV infection.

3. Spread awareness

• Be aware of how HIV/AIDS is spread, avoid high-risk behaviours and combat HIV complacency.
• Sex education: understand the myths and facts of HIV/AIDS.
• Host an event: spread awareness about HIV transmission and stigma, advocate for the rights of KAPs, raise money for HIV/AIDS relief efforts.
• Donate to HIV/AIDS prevention causes.

If you think you've been exposed to HIV, talk to your doctor as soon as possible and get tested. You may need to receive post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) and if so, within 72 hours (3 days) of a possible exposure to HIV. If you suspect that you have contracted HIV from a sexual partner or transmitted HIV to a sexual partner, it is imperative that you contact your previous sexual partner and arrange an urgent appointment at a health clinic or hospital where tests can be performed.

Websites

Stopping the Spread of HIV [Internet]. Stopping the Spread of HIV ' aidsinfonet.org ' The AIDS InfoNet. [cited 2017Sep10]. Available from: https://www.aidsinfonet.org/fact_sheets/view/150#HOW_CAN_YOU_PROTECT_YOURSELF_AND_OTHERS_ 

Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) Understanding HIV/AIDS [Internet]. National Institutes of Health. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 2017 [cited 2017Sep7]. Available from: https://aidsinfo.nih.gov/understanding-hiv-aids/fact-sheets/20/87/post-exposure-prophylaxis--pep-

Images 

Suryanto. 4.233 orang di Jatim terinfeksi HIV/Aids [Internet]. Antara News. ANTARA; 2011 [cited 2017Sep10]. Available from: https://www.antaranews.com/berita/285780/4233-orang-di-jatim-terinfeksi-hivaids

Sydney Rosen Professor of Global Health, Boston University. HIV 'test and treat' strategy can save lives -- but it needs to be easier for patients to start treatment [Internet]. The Conversation. 2017 [cited 2017Sep10]. Available from: https://theconversation.com/hiv-test-and-treat-strategy-can-save-lives-but-it-needs-to-be-easier-for-patients-to-start-treatment-59372

Related Keywords & Suggestions for hiv aids medications. [cited 2017Sep10]. Available from: https://keywordsuggest.org/content/72624-hiv-aids-medications.html

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PrEP Talk [Internet]. LoveYourself PH. [cited 2017Sep10]. Available from: https://www.loveyourself.ph/2015/12/prep-talk-philippines.html