HIV and AIDS - World Health Organization (WHO) HIV is spread from the body fluids of an infected person, including blood, breast milk, semen and vaginal fluids It is not spread by kisses, hugs or sharing food It can also spread from a mother to her baby HIV can be prevented and treated with antiretroviral therapy (ART) Untreated HIV can progress to AIDS, often after many years
HIV - Global - World Health Organization (WHO) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is an infection that attacks the body’s immune system, specifically the white blood cells called CD4 cells HIV destroys these CD4 cells, weakening a person’s immunity against opportunistic infections, such as tuberculosis and fungal infections, severe bacterial infections and some cancers
HIV and AIDS - World Health Organization (WHO) HIV is found in certain bodily fluids of people living with HIV, including blood, semen, vaginal fluids, rectal fluids and breastmilk HIV can be transmitted by: unprotected vaginal or anal sex, and, in very rare cases, through oral sex with a person living with HIV;
HIV - World Health Organization (WHO) Access to HIV testing should be improved to make sure everyone living with HIV is diagnosed and linked to treatment or appropriate and effective prevention choices There are still gaps in HIV testing coverage, as an estimated 14% of people living with HIV or 5 4 million people remain undiagnosed
HIV - World Health Organization (WHO) Global health sector strategies on HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections, for the period 2016–2021 (WHA69 22) Global health sector strategy on HIV AIDS, 2011–2015 (WHA64 14) Global health-sector strategy for HIV AIDS (WHA56 30) HIV AIDS: confronting the epidemic (WHA53 14) Technical work Global HIV, Hepatitis and STIs
HIV in China - World Health Organization (WHO) Global health sector strategies on HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections, for the period 2016–2021 (WHA69 22) Global health sector strategy on HIV AIDS, 2011–2015 (WHA64 14) Global health-sector strategy for HIV AIDS (WHA56 30) HIV AIDS: confronting the epidemic (WHA53 14) Technical work Global HIV, Hepatitis and STIs
VIH y sida - World Health Organization (WHO) Nota descriptiva de la OMS acerca del VIH: datos, signos y síntomas, transmisión, factores de riesgo, diagnóstico, prevención, tratamientos y respuesta de la OMS
HIV AIDS WPRO - World Health Organization (WHO) The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) targets the immune system and weakens people's defense systems against infections and some types of cancer It is transmitted through unprotected sexual intercourse (anal or vaginal), transfusion of contaminated blood, sharing of contaminated needles, or between a mother and her infant during pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, if the mother is not
HIV - World Health Organization (WHO) An estimated 0 6% [0 6-0 7%] of adults aged 15–49 years worldwide are living with HIV, although the burden of the epidemic continues to vary considerably between countries and regions The WHO African Region remains most severely affected, with one in every 30 adults (3 4%) living with HIV and accounting for more than two-thirds of the people