Minsa offers free HIV risk-reducing medicine: who can use it?

Fight to prevent the epidemic HIV prevalence in Peru keep going. Within this framework, Bureau of AIDS Prevention and Controlsexually transmitted diseases and hepatitis, belong to the Ministry of Health (Minsa), has been distributing free pre-exposure prophylaxis for weeks (pre-exposure prophylaxis), thus reducing the probability of transmission.

There are approximately 30 institutions in Lima Metropolis, Callao, Diresa de Ica and Piura that offer this drug. Therefore, health authorities recommend its consumption because “it can reduce the likelihood of HIV infection during sexual relations by up to 92%.”

The prevention provided includes not only the delivery of medications; Counseling and screening tests for HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B and C.

according to AndesThe PrEP pill is “a combination of two antiretroviral (ARV) drugs in one oral tablet” and is designed to reduce the risk of contracting the virus.

The Ministry of Health stipulates that people wishing to receive treatment must meet a series of requirements:

• Lack HIV.
• Acute HIV infection was not suspected.
• No risk of HIV infection has been experienced within 72 hours prior to use.
• no contraindications Accept PrEP.

Those interested in obtaining more information about the institutions closest to their location can contact Route 113 (Option 3).

Now I am at South Lima Services are provided by the Reference Centers for Sexually Transmitted Infections (Cerits), which are located at the Maternal and Child Center of San José (CMI), San Juan de Miraflores, Santiago de Surco, Hospital María Ociliadora, Hospital Vila El Emergency . El Salvador and the offices of the NGO Impacta.

In San Martin de Porres, you can apply for PrEP at the Mexican Health Center.For residents’ remaining questions North Lima Number 926 636 774 has been processed.

At the end of 2022, within the framework of World AIDS Day, the Ministry of Health (Minsa) announces that 98,000 people are infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) In the country, the index increased by 12.64% compared to 2021, when it reached only 87,000.

But that’s not all: according to the entity, out of the total number of infected citizens, more than 84,000 people have received antiretroviral treatment (ART).In other words, 86% of people live in HIV.

By the end of 2023, Minsa he expressed hope 90% are able to receive the above treatmentsBy 2025, this proportion should reach 95%. Only then can we talk about reductions, the industry elaborated in a statement.

For areas with the highest number of cases, clearly indicate 58% of cases are concentrated in Lima Metropolitana and Callao, which is expected given their higher proportion of the population. Therefore, care and prevention activities are concentrated in the above-mentioned areas.

“As ministry of health Our function is to educate people about the signs and symptoms that people living with HIV show and the treatment they should follow, but most importantly, to generate a prevention theme that tells people how to contract HIV. safe sex and understand the risk factors that may trigger the disease,” the agency reiterated.