HIV and AIDS - World Health Organization (WHO)
HIV is spread from the body fluids of an infected person, including blood, breast milk, semen and vaginal fluids. It is not spread by kisses, hugs or sharing food. It can also spread from a mother to her baby. HIV can be prevented and treated with antiretroviral therapy (ART). Untreated HIV can progress to AIDS, often after many years.

HIV - Global - World Health Organization (WHO)
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is an infection that attacks the body’s immune system, specifically the white blood cells called CD4 cells. HIV destroys these CD4 cells, weakening a person’s immunity against opportunistic infections, such as tuberculosis and fungal infections, severe bacterial infections and some cancers.

HIV and AIDS - World Health Organization (WHO)
HIV is found in certain bodily fluids of people living with HIV, including blood, semen, vaginal fluids, rectal fluids and breastmilk. HIV can be transmitted by: unprotected vaginal or anal sex, and, in very rare cases, through oral sex with a person living with HIV;

HIV - World Health Organization (WHO)
Access to HIV testing should be improved to make sure everyone living with HIV is diagnosed and linked to treatment or appropriate and effective prevention choices. There are still gaps in HIV testing coverage, as an estimated 14% of people living with HIV or 5.4 million people remain undiagnosed.

HIV - World Health Organization (WHO)
Global health sector strategies on HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections, for the period 2016–2021 (WHA69.22) Global health sector strategy on HIV/AIDS, 2011–2015 (WHA64.14) Global health-sector strategy for HIV/AIDS (WHA56.30) HIV/AIDS: confronting the epidemic (WHA53.14) Technical work. Global HIV, Hepatitis and STIs ...

HIV in China - World Health Organization (WHO)
Global health sector strategies on HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections, for the period 2016–2021 (WHA69.22) Global health sector strategy on HIV/AIDS, 2011–2015 (WHA64.14) Global health-sector strategy for HIV/AIDS (WHA56.30) HIV/AIDS: confronting the epidemic (WHA53.14) Technical work. Global HIV, Hepatitis and STIs ...

HIV - India - World Health Organization (WHO)
The most advanced stage of HIV infection is acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The most common route of transmission of HIV infection in India is unprotected sexual intercourse with an infected person, followed by mother to child transmission during pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, sharing of contaminated needles, injecting drug ...

VIH y sida - World Health Organization (WHO)
Nota descriptiva de la OMS acerca del VIH: datos, signos y síntomas, transmisión, factores de riesgo, diagnóstico, prevención, tratamientos y respuesta de la OMS.