EGERTON UNIVERSITY.

FACULTY OF ENGINERING AND

TECHNOLOGY.
DEPARTMENT: CEEN.
CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL
ENGINEERING.
NAME: EDWIN MURIMI MWANGI.
REG. NO: BP12/00234/22.

BIOLOGY OF HIV/AIDS AND

SOCIETY.
UNIT CODE: ZOOL 143.
SUBMITTED TO: DR WALTER
ESSSENDI.
1. Blood and blood products are no longer major modes of HIV transmission

Because there is,

a) Screening blood for transfusion

Blood safety is achieved through mandatory screening of donated blood, relying on low-risk donors,
promoting appropriate clinical use of transfused blood.

b) Practicing no contact with injuries

Individuals must adhere to no contact with open wounds on infected persons.

c) Controlling infection in health-care settings

Health-care workers adhere to ‘universal precautions such as assumes all individuals are potentially
infectious, hence wear gloves, use gowns, masks and goggles

2. Condom use as a strategy against transmission of HIV Infections.

Whether you use latex male condoms or female condoms, they are both very effective in preventing
HIV and many other STDs when used the right way every time. Condoms may prevent the spread of
other STDs, like the Human Papillomavirus (HPV, genital or venereal warts) or genital herpes, only
when the condom covers the infected areas or sores.
Condoms reduce the risk of HIV transmission for sexually active young people, couples in which one
person is HIV-positive, sex workers and their clients, and anyone engaging in sexual activity with
partners who may have been at risk of HIV exposure.
Latex condoms offer an impermeable barrier, preventing the bodily fluids that contain active HIV
from entering a partner during sex and infecting that person. HIV in bodily fluids must be capable of
growing in order to present a risk of infection. In people with HIV who take antiretroviral
medications as prescribed and maintain durable viral suppression, residual virus in bodily fluids does
not grow or spread infection.