If you learn you have HIV, you can:
♦ Learn how to avoid passing HIV to others.
♦ Learn how to protect yourself from reinfection
and other sexually transmitted
infections (STIs) like herpes, syphilis,
or Chlamydia and other diseases that
may harm your health.
♦ If you are pregnant and learn you have
HIV, you can take medicines to lower the
chance of passing HIV to your baby.
♦ Its a regular part of taking care of your
health. Make it a part of your medical
check-ups.
♦ Rapid tests are used and you get your results on
the same day.
♦ You get blood tested, OR, in some countries, an
oral HIV test that uses fluid from your mouth can
detect antibodies.
♦ Contact the HIV/AIDS Unit or the UN clinics
about the test. Some UN clinics, and doctors can
help you in your decision to test for HIV.
♦ All HIV tests in UNIFIL are for free.
♦ You can get an anonymous test. Anonymous testing
means that you do not give your name. Call the
HIV/AIDS Unit for details.
WHO SHOULD GET TESTED?
IF YOU ARE PREGNANT OR PLANNING TO
GET PREGNANT, GET AN HIV TEST.
♦ A pregnant woman with HIV can pass the virus to
her baby during pregnancy, birth, or breastfeeding.
There is medicine that can greatly lower the chance
that a woman with HIV will pass it on to her baby.
♦ The sooner you are tested and learn if you have HIV,
the sooner you can start medicines to stay healthy
and lower the chances of passing HIV to your baby
♦ Learn how to avoid passing HIV to others.
♦ Learn how to protect yourself from reinfection
and other sexually transmitted
infections (STIs) like herpes, syphilis,
or Chlamydia and other diseases that
may harm your health.
♦ If you are pregnant and learn you have
HIV, you can take medicines to lower the
chance of passing HIV to your baby.
♦ Its a regular part of taking care of your
health. Make it a part of your medical
check-ups.
♦ Rapid tests are used and you get your results on
the same day.
♦ You get blood tested, OR, in some countries, an
oral HIV test that uses fluid from your mouth can
detect antibodies.
♦ Contact the HIV/AIDS Unit or the UN clinics
about the test. Some UN clinics, and doctors can
help you in your decision to test for HIV.
♦ All HIV tests in UNIFIL are for free.
♦ You can get an anonymous test. Anonymous testing
means that you do not give your name. Call the
HIV/AIDS Unit for details.
WHO SHOULD GET TESTED?
IF YOU ARE PREGNANT OR PLANNING TO
GET PREGNANT, GET AN HIV TEST.
♦ A pregnant woman with HIV can pass the virus to
her baby during pregnancy, birth, or breastfeeding.
There is medicine that can greatly lower the chance
that a woman with HIV will pass it on to her baby.
♦ The sooner you are tested and learn if you have HIV,
the sooner you can start medicines to stay healthy
and lower the chances of passing HIV to your baby