30% of people living with HIV are diagnosed late | World AIDS Day

this Friday, December 1,commemorate world aids dayThe date you are looking for make visible Show to the whole society HIV It hasn’t gone away.exist ArgentinaAccording to the National Ministry of Health, More than 140,000 people are infected with HIV .

Although statistics show die Because of this, both trends and New and late diagnoses, keep it steady. In 2020, 1,139 people died from acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in the country.

“It’s still necessary vigilance Regarding this issue and strengthen this prevention

this and others sexually transmitted infections (sexually transmitted infections) considering how they affect people teenagers and adults“warn Elizabeth Bogdanovichfrom the Department of Infectious Diseases, UBA Hospital de Clínicas.

according to World Health Organization, within the globe 39 million people are living with HIV and more 1 million people are infected with sexually transmitted infections every dayasymptomatic in most cases.

How and where to take the exam

Timely diagnosis occurs when acute retroviral syndrome or in asymptomatic stagea lymphocyte count of 200 or more, is critical to preventing the infection from progressing and spreading the virus to others.

According to the Ministry of Health, 13% of people living with HIV don’t know they have the virus and 30.1% were diagnosed too late,

This reflects the lack of significant changes in recent years.

There will be one this Friday A day in the clinic hospital Relevant to this issue, in line with this year’s United Nations campaign to continuously generate change and ensure greater knowledge, inclusion and action to avoid infection.

Meanwhile, health professionals stress that “Securing financing for treatment and control people living with HIV AIDS and continue working to end stigma and discrimination to improve the quality of life for people living with the virus. “

this Event open to the community Organized by UBA Teaching Hospital to be held this Friday 8 and 13 In the entrance hall (Av. Córdoba 2351, CABA).and will be included quick test for Test for HIV

and other sexually transmitted infections, e.g. Syphilis, hepatitis B and C.

The same will be free, Top secret and Insurance. Likewise, advice will be provided on testing, hepatitis B vaccination and other adult vaccines, and a meeting will be held to discuss sex and STI prevention.