WorLD HIV/AIDS COLLABORATIVE PROJECT
                        1st EDUCATIONAL GOAL: BASIC FACTS

                               ABURI GIRLS SECONDARY,GHANA

1. (a) What is HIV?

HIV[Human Immuno deficiency Virus] is the virus that causes AIDS
(b) What is AIDS?
AIDS [Acquired Immuno deficiency Syndrome] is the diseased state of HIV. At this point, the person’s immune system is so weak that she/he becomes prune to any disease.
(c) What is the difference between the the two?

HIV is the virus where as AIDS is the disease.

(d)How long can someone have HIV before developing AIDS?
Through immunological test,it may be detedted by 2 weeks after infection and may last for 6 months to 5years before developing Aids depending on several factors; diet, lifestyle, one’s immune system etc.
(e) How long do most people have AIDS before they die?

Usually, between 6 months to 2 years.

2. (a) How is HIV transmitted?

-It is also transmitted through blood transfusion where the donor has HIV in his blood
   and body fluid.
- By injection with infested needle.
-Through the use of razor blade in a barbing saloon
-through mother to unborn child.

     How is it not transmitted?
-HIV is not transmitted through sexual intercourse with an uninfected

-It is also not transmitted by just blood transfusion but transfusing infected blood.
-it is not infected through handshake
-It is not infected by eating with the AIDS patient
- It is not infected by using the same bath
   house/toilet.

c) What are some myths about how it is spread?
That Aids is spread through witchcraft, handshakes, using the same eating bowls or bathing with the same bucket

- that Aids come as a result ofthe god’s wrath on man when one offends them.
3.How can the transmittion of HIV be prevented?

-Sexual abstainance
- proper and careful use of condom
-Staying with a faithful uninfected partner?

What is Safe sex?
It is the proper use of condoms during sexual intercourse.
4. What are the HIV/AIDS statistics in your country?

The Aids statistics in my country is as follows
 

ADULT(» 350,000)		CHILDREN £ 15
MEN	WOMEN	(ABOUT 72,000)
140,000	210,000

TOTAL = 442,000

b) How does your state or province compare to the rest of the country?

It is not that serious in my district but my region may be the 3^rd or 4^th out of 10 regions in Ghana.
c) How does your country compare to the rest of the world?

It may rank within the first 30.

d) Can you find the following information for your country?

i) Number of people living with HIV/AIDS
   About 41,229people.

ii) HIV prevalence rate of adults with HIV
The rate has increased from2.6% in 1994 to about 4.6% in year 2000.

iii) HIV prevalence rate in young people age between 15-24

It is between 0.8 to2.0% for males and 2.4 to4.5 5 for females

iv) Number of AIDS orphans

About 120,000 people

v) AIDS deaths
About 157,100 have died since 1986.

5) Is any of this information new to you? if so elaborate
Yes, the questions under item 4. We had to do a lot of research to get some figures.
6) Where did you get the information

From some news item in one of the daily’s

i) Do you have access to the following sources of information

a)UNAIDS websites?

b)World Health Organisations

c)your country's government

d)non-governmental organisations

websites and others ?

Well, the information is there. If one search for them, they would be found. But , here in aburi because technical; problems with telephone lines in this area, we don’t have access to the net, unless we get to Accra to browse.
ii) What misinformation did you have that was cleared up
The staticstis, we did not know that HIV/AIDS is becoming a pandemic.