World AIDS Day Quiz

World AIDS Awareness day - Wednesday 1st December 2004

HIV is an issue for everyone and we can do something to make a difference ... the first thing you can do is raise awareness through education. In the UK, newly diagnosed cases of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) increased by 20% between 2002 and 2003. Almost a third of the 49,500 people currently living with HIV in the UK are still unaware they are infected. This increase has been seen amongst women, heterosexual men and gay men.

The correct answers are shown in italics

1. How many children were living with HIV/AIDS at the end of 2003?
• 200, 000
• 2.5 million
• 1 million
2. Most people become infected with HIV from
• Unsafe sex
• injecting drugs
• blood transfusions
3. World AIDS day is on
• 1st January
• 1st June
• 1st December
4. To the nearest million, how many people world-wide were living with HIV/AIDS at the end of 2003?
• 21 million
• 40 million
• 62 million
5. The World AIDS day international symbol of AIDS awareness is
• a red ribbon
• a white ribbon
• a pink ribbon
• a black ribbon
6. HIV is
• a virus
• a fungus
• a bacteria
7. A person can become infected with HIV by
• being sneezed on by an infected person
• holding hands with an infected person
• both of these
• neither of these
8. Which of these gives the best protection against HIV?
• spermicidal jelly
• condoms
• the contraceptive pill

Questions from: www.avert.org/aidseducation