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WELCOME to a brand new year - 2011!  Here is to hoping that, wherever you are in the world, you are all ready to tackle the issue of HIV & AIDS anew.  Getting people to change behavior is one of the most difficult things in the world - especially where it relates to peoples sexual habits and practices.

Our most powerful weapon is KNOWLEDGE.   fortunately we know how HIV is transmitted and that it relates to very specific behavioural actions.   This alerts us to where our protection lies.  With no cure in sight - all we have is knowledge to assist people through the process of behavior change.

THESE ARE COMPLEMENTARY POSTERS THAT YOU CAN DOWNLOAD AND DISPLAY -   GREAT FOR CANTEENS, BATHROOMS, NOTICEBOARDS............. ALL ARE DIFFERENT WAYS TO ATTRACT PEOPLE'S ATTENTION.    IN TODAY'S WORLD WE ALL HAVE "INFORMATION OVERLOAD" AND THUS A SIMPLE, ONE SENTENCE, PROFOUND FACT MIGHT PENETRATE WHAT WE CALL "AIDS SATURATION"!


FREE POSTERS 2012

February 2012
TB - SOME FACTS ABOUT TUBERCULOSIS
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January 2012
THE ROLE OF PEER EDUCATORS
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 FREE POSTERS 2011

NO 37: MALE CIRCUMCISION SET TO REDUCE THE RISK OF HIV INFECTION. HOWEVER IT IS NOT A PREVENTION METHOD ON IT'S OWN.
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NO 36:SOUTH AFRICA HAS THE LARGEST ARV (HIV/AIDS) TREATMENT PROGRAMME IN THE WORLD
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NO. 35: THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF HIV PREVENTION PROGRAMMES IS TO PROMOTE BEHAVIOUR CHANGE.
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NO 34:  SEXUAL NETWORKS AND MULTIPLE PARTNERS INCREASE THE SPREAD OF HIV. DO YOU KNOW WHO YOUR PARTNER HAS SLEPT WITH?
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 NO 33. TUBERCULOSIS IS THE MOST COMMON OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION FOR THOSE INFECTED WITH HIV/AIDS IN AFRICA.
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NO. 32 :  MARGARET FROM REHAU:  "THE HI VIRUS IS A TENANT IN MY BODY.  I AM THE LANDLORD.  I AM IN CONTROL".  GOOD ATTITUDE!
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 NO. 31: YOU CANNOT ALWAYS CHANGE OR CONTROL WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU, BUT YOU CAN
ALWAYS DETERMINE HOW YOU WILL RESPOND TO IT.

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 NO. 30:  AROUND 67% OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV ARE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA!
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 2010 POSTERS

 Number 29:  IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 9.5 MILLION PEOPLE ARE IN IMMEDIATE NEED OF LIFE-SAVING AIDS DRUGS; OF THESE ONLY 4 MILLION (42%) ARE RECEIVING THE DRUGS
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 Number 28 : WE CANNOT CURE HIV & AIDS, BUT WE CAN CARE
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 Number 27:  THE FOURTH GOAL OF ANTIRETROVIRAL TREATMENT IS TO REDUCE HIV RELATED ILLNESSES AND DEATH, THEREBY REDUCING THE IMPACT OF DEATH IN THE COMMUNITY

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 Number 26:  THE THIRD GOAL OF ANTIRETROVIRAL TREATMENT IS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF AN HIV POSITIVE PERSON
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 Number 25:  THE SECOND GOAL OF ANTIRETROVIRAL TREATMENTIS TO DELAY THE ONSET OF AIDS BY RESTORING THE IMMUNE FUNCTION
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 Number 24:  ANTIRETROVIRALS ARE NOT A CURE FOR HIV & AIDS. THE FIRST GOAL IS TO REDUCE THE VIRAL LOAD FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE
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 Number 23:  IF WE ALL KNEW OUR HIV STATUS, IT WOULD BE THE FIRST STEP TO STOPPING THE SPREAD OF HIV
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 Number 22:  IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW YOUR HIV STATUS SO THAT OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS CAN BE MINIMISED AND TREATED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
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 Number 21:  DURING 2008 MORE THAN TWO AND A HALF MILLION ADULTS AND CHILDREN
BECAME INFECTED WITH HIV & AIDS

RELEASED 10.06.2010  -  
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 Number 20:  AFRICA HAS OVER 14 MILLION AIDS ORPHANS

 Released : 9.05.2010  Read Newsletter

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Number 19:  IF EVERY WOMAN KNEW HER HIV STATUS AND PLANNED THEIR PREGNANCIES, NO BABIES WOULD BE BORN WITH HIV.

 Released : 5.4.2010  Read Newsletter

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 Number 18 :  MORE THAN 25 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM AIDS SINCE 1981

 Released : 18.3.2010 Read Newsletter

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 Number 17:  HIV POSITIVE PEOPLE NEED OUR SUPPORT NOT OUR JUDGEMENT.

Released :  2.3.2010 :   Read Newsletter

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 Number 16:  THERE ARE AN ESTIMATED 33 MILLION INFECTED WITH HIV & AIDS GLOBALLY

Released :  17.2. 2010   Read Newsletter

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 Number 15 : SALIVA CONTAINS A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF HIV ANTIBODIES

Released :  3.2.2010   Read Newsletter

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  Number 14:  SURVEYS HAVE SHOWN A HUGE GAP BETWEEN PEOPLES PERCEIVED RISK OF HIV INFECTION COMPARED TO THEIR ACTUAL RISK.  THE RISK IS GREATER THAN PERCEIVED

Released : 18.1.2010  Read Newsletter

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2009  POSTERS

Number  1 :  MORE THAN 70% OF PEOPLE INFECTED WITH HIV DO NOT KNOW IT!

Released  :   May 2009
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Number  2 :  THE HI VIRUS TAKES 2.6 DAYS TO MULTIPLY BY THE MILLIONS ONCE IT ENTERS THE BODY.

Released :   9 June 2009
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Number - 3 :  MORE THAN 900 PEOPLE DIE EVERY DAY IN SOUTH AFRICA FROM AIDS RELATED ILLNESSES!

Released :   June 2009

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Number 4 :  TUBERCULOSIS IS THE MOST COMMON OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION FOR THOSE INFECTED WITH HIV/AIDS IN AFRICA

Released : July 2009

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Number 5  :  MOST PEOPLE ARE INFECTED WITH HIV BY SOMEONE THEY LOVE AND WHO DOES NOT KNOW THAT THEY ARE INFECTED

Released:  30.7.2009

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Number 6 :  YOU CAN'T PUT VASELINE ON A CONDOM!  (NOR JAM, OIL OR PEANUT BUTTER...) VASELINE BURSTS THE CONDOM

Released : 12.8.2009

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Number 7   :   TB IS THE ONLY DISEASE YOU CAN CATCH FROM SOMEONE WHO IS HIV POSITIVE AND WHO IS ALSO INFECTED WITH TB

Released : August 2009

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Number 8 :  IF YOU ARE HIV NEGATIVE - YOU ARE MORE OF A THREAT TO SOMEONE WHO IS HIV POSITIVE THAN THE OTHER WAY AROUND!

Released :  7.9.2009

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 Number 9:  YOU COULD BE INFECTED WITH THE VIRUS FOR 3 - 7 YEARS AND NOT SUSPECT IT

Released :  23.9.2009
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 Number 10:  HIV POSITIVE PEOPLE ARE THE MOST INFECTIOUS SOON AFTER INITIAL TRANSMISSION AND BEFORE THEY KNOW THEY ARE INFECTED

Released : 12.10.2009

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 Number 11:  WOMEN ARE MORE VULNERABLE TO HIV & AIDS: BIOLOGICALLY AND SOCIALLY

Released:  29.10.2009 -  Read Newsletter

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 Number 12: THERE IS A NEW WAVE OF INFECTIONS CURRENTLY AFFECTLY PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE IN SOUTH AFRICA

Released :  12.11.2009  Read Newsletter

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 Number 13: 15 - 24 YEAR OLD GIRLS ARE ONE OF THE FASTEST GROUPS BECOMING INFECTED WITH THE HI VIRUS

Released :  26.11.2009

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 WHAT CLIENTS ARE SAYING ABOUT NEWSFLUSH & MESSAGE IN A NUTSHALL:

 "The posters are a great help. They are put up around the plant and we make 4 per page and do handouts. The statement on the poster we also put on the payslips."  Ruby McCleod, HR Manager, Lear Corporation, East London (emailed 21.7.2009)

"These are great posters; the employees enjoy reading them and do ask questions on the information on the posters." - Kenneth, Supreme Mouldings, East London. 18.6.09

"I receive all your electronic posters and they are all over the factory!!!!!! " Jessica, Rehau East London. 18.6.2009

"You do not understand how excited am I after receiving your email, I have already shared the Xhosa one with my colleagues and they seemed to be interested."  Babes from Simply MGM.  4.7.2009