Having a safe and healthy sexual lifestyle contributes to complete physical well-being. This is why it’s always important to take precautions when engaging in sexual encounters, to prevent contracting sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and other life-threatening conditions. One way to do this is to use a condom whenever you’re engaging Read more…
A number of methods work to prevent the spread of HIV, like PrEP (click on this link to know more: https://www.ahnonymous.org/prep/) and the use of condoms. PEP is another of these prevention methods. Ever heard of it?PEP stands for post-exposure prophylaxis. It means taking medicine to prevent HIV after a Read more…
You might have come across the term “PrEP” when looking for an HIV prevention method and wondered what it means. Well, you’ve come to the right place, because at aHnonymous we are here to give you real information that you can use to keep yourself and your partner(s) healthy and Read more…
The novel COVID-19 is a virus that was first reported in 2019. Today, the virus plagues the whole world, and the question arises, are people living with HIV more susceptible to COVID-19? Preliminary data shows that for persons on effective HIV treatment, there is no increased risk of becoming infected Read more…
So you may have heard people say they are ‘undetectable’ or have an undetectable viral load. So what does this really mean? When a person is first diagnosed with HIV, 2 tests are carried on the person in addition to several other tests. These are the HIV Viral Load, and Read more…
Check out this infographic to have an idea of the extent of HIV and its effect on adolescents, globally and in Ghana.
100 years ago, being diagnosed with HIV was regarded as a death sentence. However, today, with improvements in medicine and research into HIV, medications have been developed that can suppress HIV to barely detectable levels in the blood. This means that, even though you still have the virus, you get Read more…
If you’ve recently found out you have HIV, this can be a truly upsetting experience. However, just like the millions of other people with HIV, this is not a death sentence. Due to improvements in HIV treatment, you can live a long and fulfilling life with proper care and treatment. Although Read more…
There are many signs and symptoms associated with HIV. This depends on the stage of the disease, and your immune system at the time of diagnosis. Generally, HIV progresses in 3 stages: Acute phase: This occurs very early on in the course of HIV, within 4 weeks of being infected. At Read more…
Pour lire cette article en français, veuillez cliquer ici. HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus. Once the virus has entered the body, it begins to destroy a type of white blood cell called a T-helper cell, also referred to as CD4 cell, and makes copies of itself inside them. The T-helper cell Read more…