HIV&AIDSTask1BrainstormingHowmuchdoyouknowaboutAIDS?HIV
isshortforHumanImmuno-deficiencyVirus.HIVisthevirusthat
causesAIDS.AIDSAIDSstandsforAcquiredImmuneDeficiency
Syndrome.(后天免疫缺损综合症）Task2DiscussionDiscussingroupsoffou
r:1.HowisHIVTransmitted?WhatactivitiesallowHIVtransmiss
ion?2.Whatactivitiesdon’tallowHIVtransmission?1.HIVTr
ansmission:ActivitiesThatAllowHIVTransmissionUnprotectedse
xualcontactDirectbloodcontact,includinginjectiondrugneed
les,bloodtransfusions.Mothertobaby(beforeorduringbirth,
orthroughbreastmilk)2.ActivitiesThatDon’tAllowHIVTransm
ission★Youcan’tgetHIVfromcasualcontact,suchas:shakingh
ands,hugging,acasualkiss,usingatoilet,drinkingfromth
esameglass,thesneezingandcoughingofanpersoninfectedwi
thHIVTask3QuizonABCofAIDS(TrueorFalse)1.Theimmune
systemprotectsusagainstseriousordeadlyinfections.2.AIDS
isanincurablediseasecausedbyHIV.3.HIVissomethingthat
ababycangetthroughthegenes(基因)fromitsparents.4.Themosq
uito(蚊子)cantransmitHIVfromaninfectedpersontoanother.5.
WecannotgetHIVfromthebreathofanHIVinfectedperson.6.Y
oucangetHIVfromthesneezingandcoughingofaninfectedpers
on.7.HIVcanbetransmittedthrough/by8.HIVcanbetransmitte
dfromaninfectedmothertoababythroughblood,breastmilkan
dtears.9.UnlikeSARS,AIDSdoesnotspreadthroughair.10.Ap
ersoninfectedwithHIVwillcertainlydevelopAIDSanddiewith
it.11.AIDSisspreadfastinplaceswherethereisalackofp
roperhealthcare,prevention,andeducation.Task4Optionalfo
llow-updiscussion1)HowshouldweacttowardspeoplewhohaveH
IV/AIDS?Whatcanwedotohelpthem?2)Still,every6secondss
omeonenewisinfectedwithHIVintheworld.Whatshouldwedot
opreventAIDS?WorldAIDSDay(December1st)EveryDecember
1st,theworldobservesWorldAIDSDay-adayofunderstanding,
compassion,andhopeaboutHIVandAIDS.Thethemeforthe
WorldAIDSCampaign2004isWomen,Girls,HIVandAIDS.Ifitis
theonlythingyoudoforWorldAIDSDay,WeartheRedRibbonon
1stDecember.ItistheinternationalsymbolofHIVandAIDSawar
eness.Bywearingityouareshowingyourloveandsupportforpe
oplelivingwithHIV/AIDS.H-Human:becausethisviruscan
onlyinfecthumanbeings.I-Immuno-deficiency:Theviruswil
lmakethebody''simmunesystemnotworkwell.V-Virus:beca
usethislivingthingisavirus,whichtaketheplaceoface
rtainpartofthehumancellsandself-produce.HIVA-Acquired
:to“acquire”somethingistogetsomething,so“acquired”mean
sthatyoucangetinfectedwiththedisease.I-Immune:“immun
e”comesfrom“immunesystem”,thesystemthatprotectsourbody
fromdiseases.D-Deficiency:ifsomethingis“deficient”,itmea
nsthatitisn’tworkingwell.S-Syndrome:itmeansallthebad
thingsthathappentoyourbodywhentheimmunesystemdoesn’tw
ork.Itisunsafetoreceivedirectbloodtransfusionswithoutte
stingthedonatedbloodforHIV.HIVcanbetransmittedfroman
infectedmothertoababythroughbreastmilk.Sharinganinject
ionneedlewithanHIVinfectedpersonwouldhaveagreatriskto
beinfectedwithHIV.★Weshouldtakeapositiveattitudetowar
dsthosepeoplelivingwithHIV/AIDSandshowloveandcaretoth
em.Weshouldn’tletthefearofAIDScutusofffromthosewhone
edourlove,careandsupport!★Weshouldnotlookdownuponthos
elivingwithHIV/AIDS,buthelpthemfightfear,shame,ignoranc
eandinjustice.BringworldattentiontoHIV/AIDS.Educatepeopl
ehowtoprotectthemselvesagainstHIVeverydayoftheyear.Strengthenhealtheducationandpublicawareness.Improvethesafetyofbloodandbloodproducts.Don’ttakepartinactivitieswithahighriskofHIVinfection. |
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