Partners and family planning
Prevention with a partner
Partners can discuss testing, PrEP, condoms, treatment, U=U, and what makes each person feel safe.
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Partners and family planning
Make prevention decisions together, with facts and respect for each person's choices.
FAST FACTS
Partners and family planning: key facts
A quick, accurate orientation before you open a guide.
PrEP
Taken before exposure, it greatly lowers the chance of getting HIV.
72h
PEP is emergency prevention and must start within 72 hours.
U=U
Treatment with an undetectable viral load prevents sexual transmission.
VISUAL SUMMARY
A path through Partners and family planning
Start with the guide that matches your question. The sequence is flexible—you can enter at any point.
Prevention with a partner
Partners can discuss testing, PrEP, condoms, treatment, U=U, and what makes each person feel safe.
Pregnancy, conception, and HIV
People affected by HIV can plan for pregnancy with specialist care that supports the health of the parent, partner, and baby.
Safer injection and equipment
Using new, sterile needles, syringes, and other injection equipment each time prevents blood-to-blood exposure.
This visual is a guide to the page—not a personal diagnosis or treatment recommendation.
Partners and family planning
Pregnancy, conception, and HIV
People affected by HIV can plan for pregnancy with specialist care that supports the health of the parent, partner, and baby.
Read guide →Partners and family planning
Safer injection and equipment
Using new, sterile needles, syringes, and other injection equipment each time prevents blood-to-blood exposure.
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A quick guide to Partners and family planning
What Partners and family planning means for you
Make prevention decisions together, with facts and respect for each person's choices. That short answer is the place to begin; what matters next is how it fits your situation—your reason for reading, the timing of any event, and the support you can reach. Treat this guide as a map: it can help you prepare and ask better questions, while a qualified health professional applies the details to you.
The essentials for Partners and family planning
Prevention combines tools: PrEP before a possible exposure, PEP as an emergency within 72 hours, condoms with compatible lubricant, sterile injection equipment, and testing. Someone on treatment with an undetectable viral load does not pass HIV on through sex (U=U). Each option has its own follow-up, and a clinician can help combine them—one method does not have to replace the others.
Turn it into one next step
You do not need perfect medical words. Note any relevant dates, test names, or medicines, then choose one manageable action. For this page, a useful next step is read prevention with a partner—a suggestion, not a rule. If it feels too big, make it smaller: save a phone number, check opening hours, or tell someone you trust. The plan can change as a result or new information arrives.