The problem of HIV infection in the world is caused by its widespread spread among all social strata of the population, in various age and ethnic groups. The seriousness of the situation is such that every year on the third Sunday in May, it is customary to remember people who died of AIDS in order to draw the attention of the world community to the problems of HIV patients and the spread of this disease. According to statistics from the World Health Organization (WHO), HIV remains one of the main problems of global public health and to date it has claimed more than 35 million human lives. The lack of treatment for HIV leads to the inevitable depletion of the immune system. As a result, the body becomes vulnerable to one or more life-threatening diseases that normally do not develop in healthy people. This stage of HIV infection is called AIDS or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. The more severely the immune system is damaged, the higher the risk of death as a result of opportunistic infections.
On 26.11.2024, in order to familiarize children with the prevention of HIV infection and AIDS, employees of the Department GMP of Semey, NPJSC «MUS», Head of the department, Professor A.A. Dyusupova, teachers G.T. Kamasheva, T.M. Belyaeva, V.T. Akhmetova together with interns of the 709 group, a Рreventive School was organized and conducted at Semey Secondary school №18 medicine with adolescents on the topic «HIV prevention/AIDS». The students were told about the ways of transmission of infection, about the main clinical signs of the disease, about the difference between HIV infection and AIDS, and about prevention methods. Schoolchildren were explained in detail that today HIV prevention is one of the most effective ways to combat a dangerous disease. Scientists around the world are doing everything possible to develop an effective remedy for HIV in the near future. And although there are some successes in this area, a vaccine against infection has not yet been invented. Therefore, HIV prevention is a reliable and guaranteed way to protect against infection, and its results depend on the behavior of each person.
