Does Your HIV Knowledge Need Updating?

<p>With World AIDS Day tomorrow, HIV charity Terrence Higgins Trust is challenging the public to take an online quiz to test whether their understanding of HIV is up to date.</p> <p> </p><p><img src="http://www.thegayuk.com/communities/8/004/009/928/388/images/4616519794.png" width="461" height="248" alt="" title=""/></p> <p></p><p>The quiz which asks questions like Can HIV treatment can stop HIV being passed on to another person? and whether two people with HIV can have a baby who isn't born with HIV has been developed to see whether your understanding of HIV is stuck in the 80s.</p><p></p><p>Sonya Trivedy, Fundraising Director at Terrence Higgins Trust, the UK's largest HIV and sexual health charity said, 'HIV today is in a totally different place from where it was in the 1980s, so it can be frustrating that public attitudes to the condition seem to lag behind. This World AIDS Day, we wanted to do something that didn’t just draw attention to declining awareness but actually provided people with clear facts to bring their knowledge up to date. Please help us by taking the quiz, and sharing it with your friends online.'</p><p></p><p>The quiz, called Are You Stuck in the ‘80s? also challenges the perception that HIV is a soley gay issue, reminding users that 45% of new infections happen to heterosexuals.</p><p></p><p>RELATED STORIES:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.thegayuk.com/magazine/4574334751/At-Home-HIV-Testing-Service-To-Resume-In-UK-For-Gay-And-Bi-Men/9081994">Too scared to take a HIV test in a GUM clinic, the at home, postal HIV testing service resumes in the UK - aimed at Gay and Bisexual men.</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.thegayuk.com/magazine/4574334751/REVIEW-AT-HOME-HIV-TESTING-KIT-FOR-GAY-AND-BISEXUAL-MEN/4924831">Read our editor's review of the at home, postal, HIV self test.</a> </p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.thegayuk.com/magazine/4574334751/Gay-Men-Buck-Downward-HIV-Infection-Trend/8882866">Gay Men Bucking Downward Trend In New HIV Infections</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>The quiz, which can be found at <a href="http://www.stuckinthe80s.org.uk/">http://www.stuckinthe80s.org.uk</a>, has been created to challenge some of the common myths and misconceptions that have persisted around HIV throughout the last 30 years.</p><p></p><p>World AIDS Day is an international event that has been running since 1988 and is dedicated to raising awareness of HIV and AIDS.</p><p></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.thegayuk.com/communities/8/004/009/928/388/images/4616519796.jpg" width="332" height="332" alt="" title=""/></p> <p></p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p>