1. United States / Turkey HIV/AIDS

2. What is HIV? HIV is the Human Immunodeficiency Virus It is the virus that causes AIDS AIDS destroys the human immune system AIDS leaves the body unable to fight infections

3. How is it contracted? Infected blood or blood products Unprotected Sex Mother to baby

4. United States HIV statistics ( statistics provided by www.cdc.org) New HIV Cases By Year

5. Turkey’s HIV statistics (As reported by Turkey’s Ministry of Health www.pozitifyasam.org) New HIV Cases By Year

6. HIV Testing United StatesTurkey Free volunteer testing to anyone Non-profit organizations that offer free testing Targeted testing for high risk population Laws to protect patient’s HIV results Volunteer testing is not commonly done Limited testing sites Little to no target testing for the high risk population Fear of testing due to the stigma Little privacy protection for HIV results

7. HIV Education United StatesTurkey HIV Education in schools Public Health Departments provide HIV education Private Organizations offer education to the public CDC offers free HIV education materials Millions of dollars allotted each year for HIV education No HIV education in schools Little Media Coverage on HIV awareness Strong Stigma attached to the disease Little effort by the government to provide necessary HIV awareness

8. Treatment United StatesTurkey HIV Clinics all across the country Financial assistance available for cost of medications Financial assistance for housing assistance Privacy laws that protect citizens health information Limited access to treatment Treatment is often not encouraged Limited access to HIV medications due to cost HIV status may become public knowledge

9. How can we stop the spread of HIV? Worldwide HIV/AIDS Education Abstinence Education Safer Sex Education Free HIV testing worldwide Increase HIV/AIDS research

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