Testing and treatment

Introduction

"Having witnessed the kind of devastation that AIDS has brought to our country, we wanted to be certain. Because for me, as for her, this was our way of sealing our trust in one another." Heang Mom, from Cambodia.

Drawing blood at a clinic in the south-eastern province of Svay Rieng, Cambodia.

You do not have to suspect that you have been infected with HIV to decide to have an HIV test. As with Heang and his wife, it may be more a case of sealing trust. But if you are worried that you may already be infected with HIV, there is a lot that you can do to get help and to help yourself.

These pages are about how you can find out whether or not you are infected with HIV, about the care and treatment of people living with HIV and AIDS, and about what you can do to look after yourself if you are HIV-positive.

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