HIV in Our Lives
This comprehensive booklet outlines many aspects of HIV. It begins with explaining how the body defends itself against illness, and then goes on to explain how HIV works in the body. In addition to the basic information, several HIV positive individuals are profiled throughout the booklet.
The contents include:
- What is HIV? What is AIDS
- Monitoring and managing HIV
- The WHO stages of HIV
- Blood tests
- Diet and nutrition
- HIV treatment
- Taking effective treatment
- Antiretroviral medicines
- When to start ARVs
- Adherence
- Drug resistance
- Drug side effects
- Tuberculosis
- Diagnosing TB
- Treating TB
- Preventing TB
- HIV complications
- Pregnancy and HIV
- Infant feeding
- Sexually transmitted infections
- Risks of unprotected sex
- Symptoms of STIs
- Taking ARVs to prevent HIV
- Safer sex
Source: Treatment Action Campaign Zambia
Date of Publication: March 25, 2019
SIMILIAR RESOURCES
Tools
Examples
- Guidance for the Prevention of Sexually Transmitted HIV Infections
- Adolescents Living with HIV (ALHIV) Toolkit
- Promoting the Health of Men who Have Sex with Men Worldwide: A Training Curriculum for Providers
- Toolkit for Transition of Care and Other Services for Adolescents Living with HIV
- Consolidated Guideline on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Women Living with HIV
- Treatment 2015
- Positive Connections: Leading Information and Support Groups for Adolescents Living with HIV
- Driving the HIV response: Community Guide to the WHO 2013 Consolidated Guidelines on the Use of Antiretroviral Drugs for Treating and Preventing HIV Infection
- Optimizing Entry Into and Retention in HIV Care and ART Adherence for PLWHA
- Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV Infection in Infants and Children: Recommendations for a Public Health Approach