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Aids Day

How to prevent HIV


HIV is not transmitted via casual contact or kissing. It can only be passed on through exposure to HIV-infected blood, sexual or rectal fluids, or breast milk.

Safer sex

The best way to protect yourself and your sexual partner from HIV is by consistent and proper use of condoms. Condoms are the only form of contraception that will protect you from HIV and must be used with care if they are to be most effective. It can take only a single episode of unprotected sex (for example not using a condom or a condom splitting) with an infected partner for HIV to be passed on. However, HIV is not always passed on the first time, so it's never too late to start practising safer sex.

If you have been exposed to HIV

Post exposure prophylaxis (PEP) is available in the UK under strict prescribing guidelines to people who might have been exposed to HIV during sex. PEP is a course of anti-HIV medication that needs to be taken daily over the course of a month. For the treatment to be effective it needs to start within 72 hours of exposure. It can cause severe side effects such as diarrhoea, nausea and prolonged headaches. Find out more about PEP, whether you are eligible and how to get it.

Injecting drug use

Using clean needles will prevent the risk of infection through injecting drug use. Find out more about needle exchanges.

Mother to baby transmission

As an HIV positive mother, the risk of passing on HIV to your baby is as low as 1% if you are on anti-retroviral therapy, have a caesarean birth and do not breast feed.

Read more information about pregnancy and HIV.



Useful links
Playing Safely
http://www.playingsafely.co.uk
This is an independent government funded website providing information about sexually transmitted infections, including HIV.

The National African HIV Prevention Programme (NAHIP)
http://www.nahip.org.uk
The National African HIV Prevention Programme (NAHIP) is the national programme of HIV prevention initiatives targeting Africans in England. It aims to work with community-based organisations to implement national projects.

CHAPS
http://www.chapsonline.org.uk
CHAPS is the Community HIV and Aids Prevention Strategy, a partnership of several organisations led by the Terrence Higgins Trust coming together for health promotion to gay and bisexual men.