under World Hepatitis C Daythe mayor’s office of Coyoacan organized a health day with the aim of detecting the disease in time through free rapid antigen testing among the population of Coyoacan.
The meeting was hosted by the Directorate General of Social Development and Economic Development of the Mayor’s Office, the event took place simultaneously at two locations: the Center for Integrative Care of Addiction and Violence (CAIA-Coyoacán) and the Mercado Pescaditos in Pedregal de Santa Úrsula. In total, the program conducted 160 tests, 80 for hepatitis C and 80 for HIV.
Mayor Giovanni Gutierrez AguilarHealth has always been one of the main axes of his administration, and the strategies formulated during his administration have been to meet the needs of priority groups with specific actions. “Our policies are very comprehensive in terms of looking after the vulnerable, we look after their health. We have had 49 sexual health and HIV spotting sessions, 2,500 HIV rapid tests and now we have added hepatitis C spotting sessions. In addition, we have brought in 2,500 free mammograms. Studies targeting women in highly vulnerable areas by 2022 and 1,200 studies are planned for this year,” he reports.
Enrique Macias Arias, deputy director of health services, said that the mayor’s office fulfills the function of providing first-contact care, which means prevention, timely detection, psychological support for users who test positive, referral to specialized health facilities and support activities in the community. Prevent addiction.
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The official pointed out that following the biopsychosocial model, taking into account that in addition to biological factors, the social and cultural environment also plays an important role in the prevention and recovery of disease or disability. He also commented that the population of the CAIA-Coyoacan region is particularly vulnerable to such diseases because many have problems with drug addiction.
“Consumption has a strong relationship with these diseases in this centre, and most people come here for guidance or treatment to avoid re-taking a drug because it’s a populous area and vulnerable,” he said.
Jorge Casares Cabrera, a doctor in the Coyoacan mayor’s office, said that if detected in time, positive patients can lead a good quality of life because there is no cure for such infections caused by the virus. , but with proper treatment and healthy habits, they can be managed.
The most common routes of infection are exposure to infected blood, sharing contaminated needles or syringes, mother-to-child transmission during childbirth or breastfeeding, and unprotected sexual contact, he added.
“Health promotion is about finding out, talking and coaching, and if positive, psychological care and accompanying people to clinics for follow-up. It’s a complementary action, but going to a specialist clinic for treatment is personal. Promise of”
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