Can AIDS be prevented?

Yes. Cases of ADS related to medical use of blood or blood products are being prevented by use of HTLV-III antibody screening tests at blood donor sites and by members of high risks groups voluntarily not donating blood. Heat treatment of Factor VIII and other blood products help prevent AIDS in patients with hemophilia and other clotting disorders. There is no vaccine for AIDS itself. However there is good reason to believe that individuals can reduce their risk of contracting AIDS by following existing recommendations. Communities can help prevent AIDS by vigorous efforts to educate and inform their populations about illness, with special emphasis on educational activities fro members of high risk groups. Meanwhile, the effort to produce vaccines and drugs against AIDS continues.

Source: "AIDS(Special Edition)