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HIV TEST
The Women’s Commission was established by the Government in January 2001 as a high-level central mechanism. Appointed by the Chief Executive of the HKSARG, the Commission is tasked to take a strategic overview over women’s issues, develop a long-term vision and strategy for the development and advancement of women, and advise the Government on policies and initiatives which are of concern to women. It also plays the strategic roles of championing women’s causes, inspiring and catalysing change, and mobilising community resources.
Most people with HIV have no symptoms or signs, therefore one cannot tell from appearance whether a person has the virus or not. The only way to confirm this is by an HIV antibody test.
HIV antibody tests are provided by the Department of Health (DH) and some non-governmental organisations. It is important that a pregnant woman knows her HIV status before delivery. In Hong Kong, all pregnant women are routinely tested for HIV in the antenatal check-up. Therefore, for any woman who is about to deliver and who does not know her HIV status yet, a rapid HIV test that takes only minutes should be done immediately so that appropriate steps can be taken to protect the baby. Also, women who have ever had unprotected sex, had sexually transmitted infections or shared needles to inject drugs should get tested early.
愛滋病檢查
大部分感染愛滋病毒的人士都不會有任何病徵或表徵，所以無法憑外表得知有否感染愛滋病病毒，只有透過愛滋病病毒抗體測試才能確定。
衞生署和部分非政府組織都有提供愛滋病病毒抗體測試。在分娩前知悉愛滋病病毒感染情況十分重要。在香港，大部分孕婦已於懷孕初期接受產前愛滋病測試。若即將分娩而尚未確知愛滋病病毒感染情況的孕婦，都應即時接受愛滋病快速測試，此舉可確保受感染的孕婦得到即時預防治療措施以減低母嬰傳播愛滋病病毒的風險。此外，曾經進行過不安全的性行為、曾患性病或人共用針具注射毒品的婦女都應該盡快接受測試。
