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AIDS. Thi s is the first advertisement in a series produced to New Zealand. The fact that AIDS is a disease which can take AIDS seriously, to learn the risk reduction Nurses, doctors, dentists and other health care explain the tacts about AIDS (Acquired Immune be sexually transmitted makes it a- highly emotive subject. measures and to immediately implement those personnel have NOT developed AIDS from regular Syndrome). Not since the plague years ot the THE NEW ZEALAND AIDS FOUNDATION, backed by that are applicable to them. exposure to AIDS patients Middle Ages or the great influenza epidemics early in this the Health Department, wants to reduce unwarranted century has there been such a major threat to the health hysteria about AIDS. Laying the blame for the WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS? AIDS - PREVENTION IS THE ONLY ANSWER AT and well-being of the peoples of the world. appearance of AIDS in New Zealand on any particular The general symptoms of AIDS often include the PRESENT The great popularity and frequency of group is unjust and serves no useful purpose. It also following: - Aino • • c j m international travel means no country can hope to seriously hams our ability to control the epidemic. * Swollen lymph glands, particularly in the neck, groin, T Jtnf FAFC^k avoid AIDS. It is now a worldwide problem, and Originally AIDS was labelled by the media as the ‘gay and armpits lasting for more than two months with no “Jr ’ FAECES and SALIVA which explains why affects everyone. At present New Zealand is plague’. We wish to dispel such prejudice. It is often the apparent cause § the dlsease can be P assed on by intimate sexual fortunate to lag behind the United States, Europe, practise of the media to stigmatise a particular problem. * Persistent and unexolained fatiuue that becomes contact - both homosexual and heterosexual - and and Australia in the development of the epidemic. Using similar propaganda, Hitler managed to blame progressively worse. through the mixing of blood. Here is some sound We can still avoid a major problem in this country certain minorities in Germany for all economic and social * A succession of recurring infections such as oral thrush ad y ice; , ... by educating the public' ills. It seems to be an inherent trait in many societies to hemes' stogies andX diseases sJggestto Jowred * Avo ! d sexual a ? ,vlty f wbjch nsk body flu J ds and THE NEW ZEALAND AIDS FOUNDATION has been take a problem and dump it on a particular stereotyped immunity. wastes are exchanged these are semen, blood, unne, set up to handle this task. In the months ahead, easy-to- group. AIDS has quite wrongly been blamed on gay men. * Freouent fevers, night sweats and unexnected weight . J aeces , sa , ' x . understand information will be presented to inform and New Zealand, like all nations, is now seriously loss greater than 4.5 kg (lOlbs) in less than two months. u see! T s that the more sexual partners you educate all sectors of the community about the dangers of threatened by AIDS. This disease has implications * Persistent diarrhoea. ' bave ’ tbe gr ® ater , tbe coming in contact with the AIDS. To many people AIDS is a bewildering and which affect each and every New Zealander, and * Pink to purple flat or raised blotches, usually painless, . Zlikl'intottoiitoa? dnms S frightening disease. THE NEW ZEALAND AIDS which we must not ignore. As history shows, on the arms, chest, face, legs, feet or in the throat. * g g FOUNDATION will emphasise in this prevention infectious diseases will affect anyone if the This is Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS). * Avoid sexual contact with ner.nn. who have multinle campaign the enormous importance of public education environment is right. * A persistent dry cough accompanied by shortness of rt h P J £ v h P s and awareness. Without this, the disease will affect large Science and medical research are racing against the breath after even minor physical effort, not due to nnuunM cmr auniniMn m whimd numbers of New Zealanders. It is essential that all the clock to make a breakthrough in the treatment and the smoking or simple respiratory infection. This is VvIWInUN dtndt - AVvIUINu KIoKY BtHAVIUuK facts about AIDS are known if fear, rumour and myth are prevention of AIDS. In the meantime, everyone must Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP). These basic rules are just common sense, and are to be dispelled. learn how AIDS is transmitted. Our prevention guidelines * Persistent headache, short-term memory loss and lack guaranteed to lead to better all-round health. There are UlUfiT IC liineo 3le s ™.^ e t 0 ow be effective. Anyone who is of concentration. professionals available if you need help to modify any WHAT IS AIDS? at risk is strongly advised to phone or write to the THE * Persistant white Batches or unusual blemishes in the risky behaviour that you find especially hard to change. AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) is a NEW ZEALAND AIDS FOUNDATION for our free mouth or throat. P Just be careful not to substitute one unhealthy habit for fatal disease that destroys the body’s natural defences brochures and other information on AIDS. Many symptoms associated with AIDS are non-specific another. It is very easy to turn to alcohol, tobacco or against infection and cancer. Opportunistic infections take « wn A-njrn mni# ram-nno and occur with mild illnesses such as a cold, bronchitis, drugs without realising what is happening. Changing social advantage of the poor immune defences found in people Any uintn mart rAuluno glandular fever and acute diarrhoea. What distinguishes habits often leads to stress, and it is important to with AIDS. Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) is the First and foremost, AIDS is not a ‘gay disease’. AIDS is the duration of such symptoms, their severity, minimise stress if you are to stay healthy, most common opportunistic infection. Unusual cancers It must be clearly understood that homosexuality and their frequent co-existence with increasing general * Get plenty of sleep, regular exercise, and eat such as Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS) and lymphoma also occur does not cause AIDS anymore than breathing illness. wholesome food, in AIDS patients. There are over 30 viruses, bacteria and causes influenza. Both diseases are the result of uft „. nninrßnunuo io iiinoo * Moderate your lifestyle where necessary. Do not use fungi that take advantage of the damaged immune system infection by a virus. Homosexuality has existed since HOW vONTAGIOOa IS AIDS? recreational drugs such as poppers, marijuana and while posing no threat to other people. the beginning of time and was not associated with AIDS To date, no cases have been found where cocaine, and reduce your consumption of alcohol and AIDS Related Condition (ARC) is a lesser form of the until the late 1970’5. Gay men were among the first AIDS has been transmitted by casual contact tobacco. Use of all these can damage your immune same syndrome, and makes common illnesses such as people in Western countries to be exposed to the AIDS with AIDS patients or with persons in high risk system, and some will also impair your judgement herpes, thrush and diarrhoea more severe. ARC can be virus. In Africa AIDS is almost exclusively a heterosexual groups. For instance, household members who are wb * cb may ead t 0 risky sexual behaviour, very' serious, and up to 30% of ARC patients develop life disease and it is spreading rapidly in heterosexual not the sex partners of AIDS patients are highly -rar wcw 7Ffil AND AIAC rffllNnATlAN threatening infections within 5 years. AIDS and ARC are communities. unlikely to develop AIDS. Hluo ruuiWHIIVH caused by a virus called LAV in France and HLTV-111 in All sexually active people with multiple partners are There is NO EVIDENCE to suggest that AIDS can THE NEW ZEALAND AIDS FOUNDATION is a the U.S.A. Many different strains have now been now at some risk because the AIDS virus can be spread be transmitted through sharing cups, plates, cutlery or national information and counselling group set up to discovered, and the virus appears to have originated in through sexual contact. However, it must be appreciated other household objects. ’ prevent an AIDS epidemic in New Zealand by educating Africa and changed rapidly as it spread around the world. that at the moment the risk to the general population in There is NO EVIDENCE to suggest that AIDS can the public on all aspects of the disease. The The large number of different strains - currently over 200 New Zealand is low, and with good health education it can be caught from toilet seats. FOUNDATION will give emotional and practical support - make the development of a single vaccine most unlikely. be kept at this level. Because intimate sexual contact or There is NO EVIDENCE at present to suggest that t 0 anyone affected by AIDS and ARC. It will also help unitor run nine nnur ronwo exposure to blood products is necessary to transmit the AIDS can be passed on by mosquitoes. their lovers, families and friends, and anyone who is WHtnt DID AIDS Luint rnUMf AIDS virus, it has so far been contained within those Ambulance drivers, police and firemen who have worried about the disease. The FOUNDATION is now AIDS appears to be a new disease, although some groups that were exposed first - gay men, haemophiliacs offered emergency assistance to AIDS patients have setting up a nationwide counselling service, forms of the AIDS virus have been relatively widespread and intravenous drug users. Their patterns of behaviour NOT fallen ill. Call us Toll-Free, on Auckland 395-560! in the central African continent for many years. It spread the virus while people were unaware they were . — possibly originated in monkeys. It has now been carrying it. As there is no known cure or vaccine for g"* 0 ™ transmitted by human sexual contact and through infected AIDS, it is essential that everyone immediately takes YOU uiigr apt unw ■ blood to all parts of the world. prerautas gainst the virus | lam concerned about the spread of the AIDS virus and I would like to know more. I Oyer the last five years, the number of AIDS patients Prevention s the only answer we have to AIDS at Please send me information and pamphlets. „ has doubled every six to nine months. present. The long incubation period of the disease in the | £ Throughout the western world AIDS is affecting both absence of symptoms makes taking precautions even ■■■■■ Name —- Z males and females. It should be clearly understood that all more crucial. ... ■ Address: i persons are at risk from AIDS. It is not restricted to any The disease spreads in communities long before the « ■ particular group, caste, colour or race. AIDS is potentially first'cases appear -upto2 or 3 years. Once contracted B g I as serious as the Black Death, a disease introduced to it may take anywhere between 6 months and 5 years or m No record of your name will be kept. This coupon will be returned to vou when your « Europe in the Middle Ages by the Crusaders. This more for the symptoms to show. During all this time it is I request is answered. | devastating plague decimated the world population In the possible to pass the virus on to others, even though ■ I enclose sto help the work of THE NEW ZEALAND AIDS FOUNDATION. ■ 17th Century 7 veneral diseases were earned back from there are no obvious symptoms of disease. This ■ B the New World by the Conquistadors and sailors. asymptomatic carrier stage explains how AIDS has been ■ Ring THE NEW ZEALAND AIDS FOUNDATION nationwide Hotline if you want gg Education, personal hygiene and precautions against risky unknowingly spread around the world by apparently ■ I ■ I further mf ol ™ 3lloll or are un able to wnte for pamphlets. 1 sexual behaviour have helped to greatly reduce the healthy people. B Call us, Toll-Free, on Auckland 395-560! B incidence of these diseases. So while New Zealand appears to be watching from the ■ a a m “ This advertisement is the beginning of a major sidelines, the epidemic is almost certainly taking hold B Tins service is available from 9.00 am 4.30 pm and 6.00 pm 10pm Monday to gg campaign to ensure that AIDS ifnot able to tie hold in here. Everyone who is sexually active needs to " JbE— ze^ D S answer P hone ' E " P.O. 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