This is a presentation on HIV more commonly known as AIDS. There are lot of HIV possitive patients in this world, and we need to treat them with sympathy and care. Let's not hate them.

1. The Red Ribbon Foundation, created to raise money for distribution to HIV/AIDS researchers, primarily in the field of pediatric AIDS research; to promote awareness of the disease through distribution of the Red Ribbon; and to educate the worldwide public through efforts such as our website, handing out informative materials on high school and college campuses, and holding events that bring an awareness of the disease. It was founded in 1993 in memory of Singer/song writer Paul Jabara, who conceived of and distributed the first Red Ribbon, and who died of AIDS. HIV stands for H uman I mmunodeficiency V irus (the resulting disease is called AIDS or A cquired I mmuno D eficiency S yndrome). It was first isolated in May 1983 at Paris by Luc Montagnier, and belongs to a group called ‘Retroviruses’. They copy their genetic material into the genetic material of human cells and, thus the infected cells, stay infected for the rest of their lives. The HIV infects key body cells called CD4 cells, which coordinate the immune systems fight against various infections. HIV / AIDS An awareness

8. WHAT CAN YOU DO? Get the facts and share them with friends and family. Know well, your sex partners. Ask questions about past sexual history and drug use. Be honest about your past. If in doubt, use condom / sheath for sexual intercourse. (The Aids virus does not pass through a condom/sheath if properly used or if it does not break.) Never share drug needles, even in known company of friends.

13. Dear friends, What that made me think about making this presentation, is the recent news on the local TV in Kerala, India, about the case of 5 innocent little HIV positive children, belonging to poor families, who were ordered to be taken away from a public school, by the PTA of the same school. There were very vigorous, exhibitions of opposition, to accommodate the said children, by some, ill-informed members of the PTA. Unfortunately, some Priests of Christian community, more mindful about money matters, were also involved in this incident. Let’s not be money minded, nor unreasonably religious looking. Let’s be human beings. All this could happen to any one of us tomorrow, with just a pin prick, from a desperate victim, suffering the cruel fangs of social stigma, attached to AIDS. Sd / Jacob / Cochin / Kerala / India.