For about as long as most of us has known about the disease itself, your American Red Cross has been at this country's forefront in the effort to get the word out. And we are putting that package to good use. We also have developed a program with the county judicial system to provide mandatory educational courses to prisons and youth correctional facilities. These classes consist of listening to lecture, watching a video and taking a test at the beginning and end of each class.
Topics covered include current issues, dispelling the myths and prevention.
For further information about these courses, contact Joanne Suarez here at our office . Once the virus is inside your body, it can damage your immune system to the point where your body can no longer fend off diseases and infections. People who have the HIV virus is determined to be HIV-positive. Because the HIV virus can remain dormant inside your body for years before it becomes active, it is possible for a person to not even know he is infected with it. AIDS is the final in many stages of the HIV virus.