Ok, I am just wondering how much we know about STIs (now known as sexual transmitted INFECTIONS as defined in the wikipedia for it has a broader range of meaning; a person may be infected, and may potentially infect others, without showing signs of disease.) and how much do we understand HIV. Today, we shall learn or re-learn this with the ABC method, not that there are 3 different steps, but there are 3 different options which one is definitely the answer 
I will put up the questions here and when you are done with the Qs, you can check the answers in the comment link All the best 
1. What is the only method of HIV prevention currently available that women may have some control over?
a. Microbicides
b. Condoms
c. The pill
2. In heterosexual sex, who is more likely to become infected with HIV from an HIV positive partner?
a. The man
b. The woman
c. Both are at equal risk
3. Can someone who abstains from sex until marriage get HIV?
a. No
b. Yes
c. Not if they stay faithful
4. Contraceptive pills are widely available for which people?
a. Women
b. Men
c. Both men and women
5. At the end of 2007, how many women were living with HIV worldwide?
a. 1.5 million
b. 15.4 million
c. 54 million
6. When was the first woman diagnosed with AIDS?
a. 1979
b. 1982
c. 1991
7. HIV can be transmitted from mother to child through…
a. Using the same toilet
b. Delivery/breastfeeding
c. Sharing food or drink
8. A lesbian can be infected with HIV.
a. True
b. False
c. Only if she has sex with a man
9. In South Africa a teenage girl is…
a. Five times more likely than a boy to be HIV positive
b. Five times less likely than a boy to be HIV positive
c. Just as likely as a boy to be HIV positive
10 . What can the contraceptive pill protect a woman from?
a. Pregnancy
b. HIV
c. Herpes
11 . Why are poor women vulnerable to becoming infected with HIV?
a. Poverty causes HIV
b. Women cannot be treated for AIDS
c. Poverty can cause women to engage in more risky behaviour such as commercial sex
12 . Women represent what percentage of HIV positive people in the world?
a. Almost 20 percent
b. Almost 50 percent
c. Almost 70 percent
13 . In the future, how might a microbicide gel help women protect themselves against HIV?
a. By killing HIV inside the vagina without a partner knowing
b. By stopping HIV developing in the body
c. By reducing viral load
14 . Globally, most women become infected with HIV through…
a. Blood transfusions
b. Unprotected heterosexual sex
c. Sharing injecting equipment
15. If an HIV positive pregnant woman takes the correct drugs and doesn’t breastfeed, how likely is her baby to be born with HIV?
a. Less than 2 percent
b. Around 15 percent
c. Over 40 percent
16 . What percentage of women living with HIV are in sub-Saharan Africa?
a. Around 24 percent
b. Around 52 percent
c. Around 76 percent
17. Which of the following women founded a leading paediatric AIDS charity?
a. Elizabeth Taylor
b. Elizabeth Glaser
c. Queen Elizabeth II
18 . Since the beginning of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, how many women in the USA have been diagnosed with AIDS?
a. Over 420,000
b. Over 182,000
c. Over 55,000
19. In 2006, what percentage of HIV positive pregnant women in poor countries received drugs to prevent HIV being passed on to their babies?
a. 72 percent
b. 23 percent
c. 49 percent
20. In what year did the female condom first become available in Europe?
a. 1982
b. 1992
c. 2002
distracted by something else, which are definitely more interesting than plain words.
alpargata -a Spanish or South American sandal-like shoe, usually with rope sole, attached to the foot by thongs.
anklet – a shoe for a child or woman that has a strap around the ankle.
balmoral – a sturdy laced walking shoe.
blucher, bluchers – a high shoe with laces over the tongue.
boot 
brogan, brogue, clodhopper – a thick and heavy shoe.
calceus – a shoe covering the ankle; worn by ancient Romans.
chopine, chopines – a woman’s shoe with a very high thick sole (see: 
cleats – a pair of shoes with cleats on the soles; “the football players all wore cleats”.
congress boot, congress gaiter, congress shoe – an ankle high shoe with elastic gussets in the sides.
counter – a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe.
d’orsay – a pump with a circular vamp and sides that curve downward sharpley, exposing the sides of the foot.
espadrille – a sandal with a sole made of rope or rubber and a cloth upper part.
ghillie, gillie – a shoe without a tongue and with decorative lacing up the instep.
huarache – a sandal with flat heels and an upper of woven leather straps.
kiltie – casual shoe with fringed tongue that overlaps fastening at the instep.
kitten heel – low heel that tapers sharply to narrow base.
loafer – a low leather step-in shoe; the top resembles a moccasin but has a broad flat heel.
moccasin, moccasin 
monk 
mule 
oxford 
platform shoe – a shoe with a high thick sole.
plug – the central piece of the upper of a moccasin.
pumps, pump – low-cut shoe that surrounds the foot, without fastenings. May have heel of any height.
running shoe, sneaker – comfortable, lightweight shoe made of canvas or leather upper, with a pliable rubber sole, often used for athletics.
sabot, wooden shoe – a shoe carved from a single block of wood.
sandal – a shoe consisting of a sole fastened by straps to the foot.
stiletto, or spike – very high heel, with long, slender shaft.
Suede - made of leather, esp. kidskin, with the flesh side rubbed to make a velvety nap.
Thong – a shoe or slipper fastened to the foot chiefly by a strip of leather or other material passing between the first and second toes and often attaching to another strip of material, as a strap across the instep or around the ankle.
walker, walking shoe – a comfortable, low-heeled shoe designed for walking.
wedge heel – heel that extends down and forward to meet the sole, filling the entire shank portion of the shoe with a flat tread surface. May be of any height.
