HIV - Learn it the ABC way

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

Avert Women and HIV Quiz 

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

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One Response to “HIV - Learn it the ABC way”

1. fefe
   June 26th, 2008 00:53
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   Answers

   Question 1 - b. Condoms
   Question 2 - b. The woman
   Question 3 - b. Yes
   Question 4 - a. Women
   Question 5 - b. 15.4 million
   Question 6 - b. 1982
   Question 7 - b. Delivery/breastfeeding
   Question 8 - a. True
   Question 9 - a. Five times more likely than a boy to be HIV positive
   Question 10 - a. Pregnancy
   Question 11 - c. Poverty can cause women to engage in more risky behaviour such as commercial sex
   Question 12 - b. Almost 50 percent
   Question 13 - a. By killing HIV inside the vagina without a partner knowing
   Question 14 - b. Unprotected heterosexual sex
   Question 15 - a. Less than 2 percent
   Question 16 - c. Around 76 percent
   Question 17 - b. Elizabeth Glaser
   Question 18 - b. Over 182,000
   Question 19 - b. 23 percent
   Question 20 - b. 1992

   So, how did you fare?

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