1. What is the only female-controlled method of HIV prevention currently available?

  Microbicides

  Condoms

  Contraceptive pills

2. In heterosexual sex, who is more likely to become infected with HIV from an HIV positive partner?

  The man

  The woman

  Both are at equal risk

3. Can someone who abstains from sex until marriage get HIV?

  No

  Yes

  Not if they stay faithful

4. Roughly how many women living with HIV are there in the world?

  1.4 million

  17.5 million

  39.4 million

5. Who are contraceptive pills widely available for?

  Women

  Men

  Both men and women

6. What can the contraceptive pill protect a woman from?

  Pregnancy

  HIV

  Herpes

7. In South Africa a teenage girl is...

  ...five times more likely than a boy to contract HIV

  ...five times less likely than a boy to contract HIV

  ...just as likely as a boy to contract HIV

8. If a pregnant woman living with HIV takes no preventive drugs, what are the chances that her baby will be HIV positive?

  About 30%

  About 10%

  100%

9. If an HIV positive pregnant woman is administered appropriate medication and doesn't breastfeed, how likely is her baby to have HIV?

  About 40%

  Less than 2%

  100%

10. A breastfeeding woman can pass HIV on to her baby through breast milk.

  True

  False

  True only if she has AIDS

11. A lesbian can be infected with HIV.

  True

  False

  True only if she has sex with a man

12. What is a bisexual woman?

  Someone who can feel attracted to both women and men

  Someone who is attracted to neither women nor men

  Someone who used to be a man

13. How can you tell that a man is HIV positive?

  He carries a card

  He wears a red ribbon

  He can't have children

  He has red spots on the pubic area

  There is no easy way to see

14. The best way to protect against HIV infection during sex is to use...

  ...condoms

  ...contraceptive pills

  ...coils (Intrauterine Devices – IUD)

  ...the rhythm method

15. HIV infection will progress into AIDS much faster in a woman than in a man.

  True

  False

16. When was the first woman diagnosed with AIDS?

  1979

  1982

  1991

17. At a global scale women are most likely to become infected with HIV through...

  ...childbirth

  ...blood transfusions

  ...unprotected sex with men

  ...sex with other women

  ...injecting drugs with contaminated needles

18. What percentage of people living with HIV in the world is represented by women?

  Almost 20%

  Almost 40%

  Almost 50%

  Almost 60%