If you think you are not at risk, think again. What was once considered a "gay" disease affects people of any sex, of all ages and from all backgrounds. In fact, women and youth are two of the groups with the fastest growing rates of infection in Canada and around the world.
HIV/AIDS does not discriminate. Anyone can contract the virus, and many people who look and feel healthy may have HIV without knowing it. Health Canada estimates that in Canada, 27% of people living with HIV do not know they are infected.
Awareness is the key to making the choices that will protect you and keep you healthy.
(Source: HIV and AIDS in Canada: Surveillance Report to December 31, 2007. Public Health Agency of Canada. 2008)