HIV is transmitted in the following ways:
- Unprotected sexual intercourse with a person who is already infected with HIV
- This is the most common way of getting HIV.
- By the transfusion of infected blood and blood products.
- By sharing needles and syringes contaminated with HIV infected blood.
- A pregnant woman who is HIV positive may pass on the virus to her new born baby – before birth, during birth or just after delivery through breast feeding.
