Useful Information on HIV/AIDS - YouthAIDS
YouthAIDS, a global initiative of the nonprofit organization Population Services International (PSI), is working in more than 60 countries to educate and protect young people from HIV/AIDS. YouthAIDS generates funding to develop world-wide education and awareness programs to prevent the spread of HIV among the most at-risk population-youth.

What is AIDS?
HIV (or Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is the virus that causes AIDS (or Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome). The virus is passed from one person to another through blood-to-blood and sexual contact. HIV damages the immune system, the part of the body that fights infection. Eventually, the immune system becomes so weak that diseases and infections begin to attack the body. As these conditions worsen, a person is diagnosed with AIDS.