Who would have thought the ABCs could help prevent the spread of HIV?
Preventing HIV is not as complicated as you might think. You just need to go back to basics. It all begins with your ABCs: • A bstinence or delaying first sex if you don’t know your partner’s status or if he refuses to perform safe sex • B eing safer by being faithful to one partner or by reducing the number of sexual partners • C orrect and consistent use of condoms (including female condoms) for sexually active people, couples in which one partner is HIV-positive, sex workers and their clients, and anyone engaging in sexual activity with partners who may have been at risk of HIV exposure Of course these alone are not enough to prevent HIV infection. It is important to add HIV education and testing, not sharing needles if using injectable drugs, preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV, and precautionary measures among health care workers who may be exposed to needle sticks and bodily fluids from infected people. Sarah Estrella, the new Sex Education Examiner on the Education ch
