Woman, Girl and HIV, AIDS Programe

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What is AIDS AIDS is the most serious stage of HIV infection. It results from the destruction of the infected person's immune system. Your immune system is your body's defense system. Cells of your immune system fight off infection and other diseases. If your immune system does not work well, you are at risk for serious and life-threatening infections and cancers. HIV attacks and destroys the disease-fighting cells of the immune system, leaving the body with a weakened defense against infections and cancer.
How will I know if I have AIDS? AIDS is not a diagnosis you can make yourself; it is diagnosed when the immune system is severely weakened. If you are infected with HIV and your CD4 count drops below 200 cells/mm3, or if you develop an AIDS-defining condition (an illness that is very unusual in someone who is not infected with HIV), you have AIDS.
What is HIV treatment? HIV treatment is the use of medications to keep an HIV infected person healthy. Treatment can help people at all stages of HIV disease. Although anti-HIV medications can treat HIV infection, they cannot cure HIV infection. HIV treatment is complicated and must be tailored to you and your needs. The Fact Sheets in this series provide information about HIV treatment, including when to start medication, which medications are used, how to know if treatment is working, and what can be done if your treatment is not working.
How many medications will I need to take? The recommended treatment for HIV is a combination of three or more medications in a regimen called Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART). How many pills you will need to take and how often you will take them depends on what medications you and your doctor choose
NOTICE The Naija woman is planning to host a conference on the HIV/AIDS awareness in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria in July, 2007 and we are inviting people from all over the world to join us in making the conference a sucess.This serves as a formal invitation to all. After the conference, The Naija Woman shall use information to teach and disemminate to the rural women.