Risk of Contracting HIV / AIDS
Yesterday, The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released epidemiologic findings that confirmed transmission of HIV between two female partners. The takeaway is that although rare and preventable, female-to-female transmission of HIV can occur.
This news is significant to you for 2 reasons:
- Making assumptions about the risk of contracting HIV /AIDS is reckless and unreliable
- The best method to keep you, your school, and your community safe and informed is through continual education
HIV AIDS has been part of the public lexicon for over 25 years and despite that, we reached a new conclusion about how – and who – can contract the disease.
This report underscores the need for all couples, heterosexual and same-sex, to take steps to prevent transmission, including avoiding all contact with specific bodily fluids (i.e. blood, semen, pre-seminal fluid, rectal fluids, vaginal fluids, and breast milk) and broken skin, wounds or mucus membranes.
You can be a resource to someone – or some people – who need information on how to stay healthy and safe. We can always learn more and we can help by removing barriers to sexual and reproductive health information.
To learn more about HIV AIDS, visit this page.
Click here to read the full CDCs release.
I hope you will commit to learning more and spreading positive health and safety information to those around you.
Zak
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on March 14, 2014