< Back to Geo's Main Page GEO'S 2020 LOTERÍA RECAP Geo's 2020 Lotería Recap Building Your Team Types of HIV Tests Protecting Others Fight the Stigma! First Things First: HIV Treatment Ready for a Lesson? PrEP VS PEP Finding Love: Mixed HIV Status Sex, Condoms & Choice HIV Myths
Building Your Team
< Back to Geo's Main Page KNOW WHO'S ON YOUR TEAM!Meet the team members who help people with HIV stay healthy. Geo's 2020 Lotería Recap Building Your Team Types of HIV Tests Protecting Others Fight the Stigma! First Things First: HIV Treatment Ready for a Lesson? PrEP VS PEP Finding...
Types of HIV Tests
< Back to Geo's Main Page TYPES OF HIV TESTSWhat kinds of tests are available, and how do they work?There are three types of tests available: nucleic acid tests (NAT), antigen/antibody tests, and antibody tests. HIV tests are typically performed on blood or oral fluid. They may also be performed...
Protecting Others
< Back to Geo's Main Page PROTECTING OTHERSCan I transmit HIV if I have an undetectable viral load?HIV medicine lowers the amount of virus (viral load) in your body, and taking it as prescribed can make your viral load undetectable.Sex PartnersIf your viral load stays undetectable, you have effectively no...
Fight the Stigma!
< Back to Geo's Main Page FACTS ABOUT HIV STIGMAWhat is HIV stigma?HIV stigma is negative attitudes and beliefs about people living with HIV. It is the prejudice that comes with labeling an individual as part of a group that is believed to be socially unacceptable.Here are a few examples:Believing...
First Things First: HIV Treatment
< Back to Geo's Main Page FOLLOWING AN HIV REGIMEN: STEPS TO TAKE BEFORE AND AFTER STARTING HIV MEDICINESBefore starting an HIV regimen, talk to your health care provider about medication adherence.Talking with your health care provider will help you understand why you're starting HIV treatment and why medication adherence...
Ready for a Lesson? PrEP VS PEP
< Back to Geo's Main Page PrEP VS PEP Geo's 2020 Lotería Recap Building Your Team Types of HIV Tests Protecting Others Fight the Stigma! First Things First: HIV Treatment Ready for a Lesson? PrEP VS PEP Finding Love: Mixed HIV Status Sex, Condoms & Choice HIV Myths
Finding Love: Mixed HIV Status
< Back to Geo's Main Page HIV & MIXED STATUS COUPLESWhat is a mixed status couple?When one partner is HIV-negative and the other HIV-positive. This is sometimes also known as a serodiscordant couple.Using protection means that mixed status couples can have sex without transmitting HIV.Lots of people worry that being...
Sex, Condoms & Choice
< Back to Geo's Main Page GAY HEALTH: OPENING UP THE CONVERSATION ABOUT SEX, CONDOMS AND CHOICEIf we want to promote sexual health, we need to help people understand their HIV prevention options, not judge their choices.Nearly 40 years into the HIV epidemic we are now at a point in...
HIV Myths
< Back to Geo's Main Page MYTHS ABOUT HIVIntroductionThere are many myths about HIV. A myth is a story or an idea that is not true. In dealing with HIV, it is important to be able to tell reality from myth. Believing myths can result in fear, in denial, and...