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The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a virus that damages your immune system.
This causes the body to lose its ability to defend itself against illnesses, leaving you at risk of catching serious infections and cancers.
When the body can no longer fight infection, the disease is known as AIDS, which stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
A person who has AIDS can get many diseases such as chronic diarrhoea, sores in the mouth, coughs, pneumonia and cancer.
Remember: HIV is spreading very fast and infecting many people in Southern Africa because of our practice of having more than one sexual partner.
