If you are over 50, you should be called for a breast screen (mammogram) every three years to check for the presence of breast abnormalities and breast cancer. You should also do regular self-examinations of your breasts. Ask for advice on how to do this from your healthcare team.

If you are aged 13 to 26, it is recommended that you have the preventive quadrivalent HPV vaccine, unless your CD4 count is less than 200 or you have been previously exposed to HPV through sexual contact (a blood test can detect this).

Varicella zoster (VZV) is the virus that causes chickenpox and shingles. If you have never had chickenpox or shingles and you are exposed to either illness, you should consult your doctor immediately. If you also test seronegative for the varicella zoster virus (that is, you don’t have any antibodies to VZV in your blood) you should be given post-exposure prophylaxis with a drug called VariZIG within 96 hours.

If you test seronegative to VZV and your CD4 count is over 200, you could consider being vaccinated against the virus.