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Choose Sexual Activities With Little to No Risk

●Choose sex that is less risky than anal or vaginal sex. There is little to no risk of getting HIV through oral sex.

●You can’t get HIV from sexual activities that don’t involve contact with body fluids (semen, vaginal fluid, or blood).

●Learn more about how HIV is and is not transmitted.

Use Condoms the Right Way Every Time You Have Sex

●Condoms are highly effective in preventing HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), like gonorrhea and chlamydia.

●Use water-based or silicone-based lubricants to help prevent condoms from breaking or slipping during sex.

●Learn the right way to use an external condom (sometimes called a male condom) and an internal condom (sometimes called a female condom).

Take PrEP

●PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) is medicine people at risk for HIV take to prevent HIV.

●If taken as prescribed, PrEP is highly effective for preventing HIV from sex.

●PrEP is much less effective when it is not taken as prescribed.

●Find out if PrEP is right for you.

Decide Not to Have Sex

●Not having sex (also known as being abstinent) is a 100% effective way to make sure you won’t get HIV through sex.

●You can be abstinent at different times in your life for different reasons that may change over time.

●Not having sex also prevents other STDs and pregnancy.

Get Tested and Treated for Other STDs

●If you have another STD, you are more likely to get HIV. Getting tested and treated for other STDs can lower your chances of getting HIV.

●Many people with an STD may not know they have one because they don’t have symptoms.

●Find a testing site near you.

If Your Partner Has HIV, Encourage Your Partner to Get and Stay in Treatment

●This is the most important thing your partner can do to stay healthy.

●If your partner takes HIV medicine and gets and keeps an undetectable viral load, you will not get HIV from sex with your partner.