Living with HIV / AIDS
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Learning Outcomes:
- Define HIV, AIDS, their relationship and the differences between them.
- Identify how HIV is transmitted from one person to another – and how it is NOT spread.
- List risk factors for being infected by HIV.
- Describe HIV tests and what they measure.
- Define CD4 counts and "viral loads."
- List ways a person who is HIV positive can avoid transmitting the virus to others.
- Name some common "opportunistic infections."
- Explain HIV "drug cocktails" and their role in treating people with HIV.
- List common side effects of HIV/AIDS drugs.
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