HOW SERIOUS IS HIV FOR PEOPLE WHO INJECT DRUGS? People who inject drugs (PWID) are one of the groups most affected by HIV and are 22 times more likely to have HIV than the general population. Injection drug use now accounts for an ever-growing proportion… Read More

HOW SERIOUS IS HIV FOR SEX WORKERS? The term sex worker includes a broad range of people who trade sex for income or other items including food, drugs, medicine, and shelter. Sex workers are at increased risk of getting or transmitting HIV and other sexually… Read More

WHAT DOES ASSIGNED FEMALE AT BIRTH MEAN? Assigned female at birth (AFAB) is a term that is used for people who have external sex traits that are identified at birth as female. It is used as a way to refer to the sex on one's… Read More

HOW SERIOUS IS HIV FOR OLDER PEOPLE? At the start of the HIV epidemic more than 30 years ago, people diagnosed with HIV could expect to live only 1-2 years after that diagnosis. Therefore, issues of aging were not a major focus for people with… Read More

SERODISCORDANT RELATIONSHIPS Relationships in which one or more people has HIV and one or more people do not have HIV are sometimes called serodiscordant or mixed serostatus. The term serodiscordant is made up of two roots: Sero—meaning blood Discordant—meaning different or non-matching HIV isn’t the… Read More

HOW SERIOUS IS HIV IN JAILS AND PRISONS? It is estimated that 11 million people around the world are incarcerated at any given time. Since 2000, the proportion of incarcerated people assigned male at birth (AMAB) has grown by 18% and the proportion of incarcerated… Read More

HOW SERIOUS IS HIV FOR CHILDREN? Globally, about 1.7 million children 0-14 years had HIV at the end of 2018. The number of new HIV infections among children 0-14 years declined by 47% between 2010-2016. Much of the decline is due to steep reductions in… Read More

HOW SERIOUS IS HIV FOR ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE? Young people (10-24 years) and adolescents (10-19 years), especially young women and young key populations, are disproportionately affected by HIV. AIDS is now the leading cause of death among young people in Africa and the second… Read More

HOW DO BABIES GET HIV? HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, can be transmitted from a person with HIV to their child anytime during pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding. This is called perinatal transmission. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), without antiretroviral therapy (ART), up… Read More

WHAT DOES CISGENDER MEAN? Cisgender is a term that is used to describe people whose gender identity matches the sex they were assigned at birth. For example, someone who was assigned male at birth (AMAB) and identifies as a man is a cisgender man. On… Read More

WHAT DOES CISGENDER MEAN? Cisgender is a term that is used to describe people whose gender identity matches the sex they were assigned at birth. For example, someone who was assigned female at birth (AFAB) and identifies as a woman is a cisgender woman. On… Read More