AIDS is a terrible disease, but there are ways to prevent the spreading of this illness. AIDS cannot be spread in the following ways:

	Breathing the same air as people with AIDS
	Eating food prepared by people with AIDS
	Shaking hands with or hugging someone who has AIDS
	Sharing Bathrooms with someone who has AIDS
	Sitting next to someone who has AIDS
	Insect bites, giving blood, swimming pools

You can however become infected with AIDS through:

	sexual intercourse
	contact with an infected persons blood
	through blood transfusions
	an infected, pregnant woman to her baby
	shared drug needles

To prevent the chances of dispersing AIDS through transfusions, all blood that is received from donors is tested for HIV. To prevent spreading through sexual intercourse, it is suggested that latex condoms should be worn. Often times, drug needles are shared which is the most common way that AIDS is contracted. There is almost no way of preventing the spread of AIDS from a mother to a baby.