In North America, 1 in 4 new HIV infections occur in people between the ages of 13 and 20.
HIV and AIDS killed more than 3 million last year, and every year it kills more than the previous year.
Risk of getting HIV from blood transfusion or blood products is now less than 1 in 600,000.
Smokers with the HIV virus develop full-blown AIDS 200 times faster than non-smokers. www.hivaidssearch.com/facts/
NATIONAL STD HOTLINE - Confidential toll free hotline for STD information and referrals. (800) 227-8922
PORTLAND STD CLINIC 103 India Street (207) 874-8466 Web: www.ci.portland.me.us
PREBLE STREET RESOURCE CENTER Homeless HIC Case Management Program (207) 874-6560 Web: www.preblestreet.org
1. Women who have had an STD are at increased risk for? Infertility HIV/AIDS Getting another STD
2. Which of the following bacterial STDs is the most common? Scabies Chlamydia Trichomoniasis
3. Which STD besides HIV/AIDS can be detected by a blood test? Gonorrhea PID Syphilis
4. Experts now recommend that sexually active young people be immunized against what STD? Gonorrhea Herpes Hepatitis B
5. Which of the following STDs can be cured? Herpes Gonorrhea Genital Warts
6. You may be at increased risk for HIV/AIDS if? You have eaten food prepared by a person infected with HIV. You have given blood at a blood bank or blood collection center. You have had many sex partners in the last 10 years.
7. The best form of protection against contracting STDs during sex is? Spermicides Condoms & spermicide, used correctly all the time. Birth control pills
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