HIV/AIDS

How is HIV transmitted?

 HIV is found in body fluids. It has been found to be present in infectious quantities in genital fluids (vaginal fluids, semen and moisture in the rectum), blood and breast milk.

The main ways in which HIV is passed on are:

• through unprotected anal, vaginal and oral sex,
• by sharing injecting equipment, and
• from a mother to her baby during pregnancy, birth or breastfeeding.

Condoms provide a percent of protection against HIV transmission during sex.

If you inject drugs, you can reduce the risk of HIV and other infections by not sharing needles or other injecting equipment.

With the right treatment and care during pregnancy and birth, and by not breastfeeding, it’s nearly always possible to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV.Effective HIV treatment, which reduces viral load, has been shown to reduce the risk of transmission.

HATUA ZA MAAMBUKIZI YA UKIMWI

Je, kuna hatua ngapi za ugonjwa wa VVU/UKIMWI na dalili zake ni zipi?

Kwa mujibu wa uanishaji uliofanywa na wataalamu wa Shirika la Afya Duniani yaani WHO, kuna hatua kuu nne za ugonjwa wa VVU/UKIMWI ambazo ni:

1. Hatua ya kwanza au maambukizi ya mwanzo ya HIV. Hatua hii huwa ni ya muda wa wiki nne na ni asilimia 20 tu ya watu wenye maambukizi ya VVU walio kwenye hatua hii ambao hupata dalili na viashiria vikali vya ugonjwa huu, lakini mara nyingi  madaktari hushindwa kutambua kama mgonjwa amepata maambukizi ya virusi vya Ukimwi kutokana na dalili na viashiria vyake kufanana sana na dalili za magonjwa mengine. Mgonjwa aliye katika hatua hii ya kwanza ya maambukizi ya VVU huweza kuonesha dalili na viashiria kama vile kuvimba tezi, kupatwa na homa kali, kuumwa koo, kujihisi mchovu, kujihisi maumivu sehemu mbalimbali mwilini kutokwa na vipele mwilini,kutapika, kuharisha au kuumwa tumbo.Endelea hapa...

HIV/AIDS Inventor(Dr Gallo)

 Do people with HIV/AIDS owe royalties to the patent holder of the AIDS virus? In April 1984, Dr. Robert Gallo filed a United States patent application for his invention, the HIV/AIDS Virus. Normally when a patent is filed and approved, as Dr. Gallo's was, anyone who uses the product or invention owes a royalty payment to the inventor. Thus, holding the intellectual property laws to their fullest interpretations,Continue here...