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The following tips can help prevent HIV infection.
• Get tested Talk to your partner about getting tested for the infection.
• Have safe intercourse HIV primarily spreads through anal or vaginal intercourse without a condom. Ensure you keep adequate protective measures in place. Use a condom correctly every time you have intercourse.
• Limit the number of sexual partners The more partners you have, the more likely you are to have a partner with HIV whose infection is not well controlled or a partner with a sexually transmitted disease (STD), which can increase your chances of acquiring the infection.
• Get tested for STDs Having an STD can increase your risk of becoming infected with HIV. Get tested and treated for any possible infections in time.
• Don’t share needles, syringes or other injecting equipment such as cotton, swabs. Use only sterile drug injection equipment and never share your injecting equipment with others.