In view of the epidemic of HIV, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and blood borne infections sweeping the globe, the AAFP recognizes the need for intense and ongoing public and professional education. AAFP’s goals for this educational outreach are to: increase awareness of these infections, encourage effective prevention; enable proper diagnosis; ensure proper treatment; and follow public health protocols for prompt reporting and outbreak investigation. All of these pieces are critical in order to stem the tide of these infections.
The AAFP endorses and encourages the following HIV, STIs and blood borne infections prevention strategies:
1. Effective ways to prevent sexual transmission of infections are abstinence and the maintenance of a life-long mutually monogamous relationship with one uninfected partner. For individuals who are sexually active with more than one partner, the following strategies are generally effective for reduced infections transmitted through bodily fluids:
2. Prevent blood-borne infection by:
3. Reduce the number of of congenital and perinatal infections by appropriate testing, diagnosis, and treatment of infected individuals and their partners.
The AAFP believes that any program for the diagnosis and treatment of HIV, STIs and blood borne infections should emphasize family medicine and the role of primary care physicians. (1971) (2011 COD)
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Prevention and Control of Sexually Transmitted and Blood Borne Infections