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COMPETITION 1

A Quiz on HIV/AIDS � How much do you know?
Have a go at each of the ten questions by clicking on the answer(s) of your choice. In the box below each question, you will see whether you were right, but do be warned that for some questions, there is more than one correct answer!

1. By the end of 2000, the estimated number of people living with HIV/AIDS worldwide was:

1 million

36.1 million

6.5 million

15.8 million

2. The percentage of adults who are women living with HIV/AIDS worldwide is:

64%

47%

38%

24%

3. On average, the number of new cases of HIV in the UK each year is:

10,000

5,000

2,500

1,000

4. The estimated number of people living with HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa is:

500,000

2.8 million

11.4 million

23.3 million

5. The age group most affected by infection in Sub-Saharan Africa is:

Children under 5

6-12 year olds

13-25 year olds

25-45 year olds

Over 45 year olds

6. HIV can be transmitted by:

Kissing

Unprotected sex

Masturbation

Blood Transfusion

Insect Bites

Using Drugs

Oral Sex

Sharing Food & Utensils

Mother to Baby through breast-feeding

7. More people catch HIV worldwide through:

Heterosexual Sex

Homosexual Sex

Intravenous Drug use

8. If you are HIV positive:

You've got AIDS

You'll probably be dead in five years

You can pass on HIV onto other people

9. An HIV positive pregnant woman can transmit the virus to her unborn child by:

Passing antibodies to the child in the womb

Through the food she eats while she is pregnant

Through smoking while she is pregnant

10. Which forms of contraception will prevent you from catching HIV?

Contraceptive pills

Condoms

Inter-Uterine Devices (IUD)

Abstinence from sexual intercourse.

Produced with help from VSO and Ruth Hilton (teacher-adviser for PSHE).