About HIV and AIDS

What is HIV?
HIV is a small germ known as a virus which attack White Blood Cells (WBC) ,
this weakens the body and makes it unable to fight sickness .
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This is how it does it 1 White blood cells help fight diseases that attack our bodies.

Our bodies are normally White blood cells help fight However, HIV is stronger than the When our bodies no longer have
protected by white blood cells diseases that attack our bodies. white blood cells. HIV attacks and enough white blood cells to
against diseases . kills the white blood cells. protect them, diseases can attack
us and eventually kill us.
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What does HIV mean? What does AIDS mean?

H HIV is the
name of the

I virus (or germ).

AIDS is the
name of the

\l disease .

AIDS stands for:

HUMAN: It affects human beings. ACQUIRED : You get it from somebody else.
IMMUNODEFICIENCY: Is a condition in which IMMUNE: It affects the immune system, the white cells of your body
the immune system, consisting of white blood that fight disease.
cells, is not working and the body cannot fight DEFICIENCY : The immune system no longer works well.
disease germs. SYNDROME: Not just a single illness, but many different symptoms and
VIRUS: An organism that causes infection. infections develop because the immune system cannot fight off other
diseases.
Ref.: 1. http:/lwww.sahaya.org/iec-materials.html 25/11/2016