{"id":9089,"date":"2019-09-02T17:19:33","date_gmt":"2019-09-02T21:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plataformalac.org\/?p=9089"},"modified":"2019-09-02T17:19:38","modified_gmt":"2019-09-02T21:19:38","slug":"where-are-we-regarding-prevention-services-in-latin-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plataformalac.org\/en\/2019\/09\/where-are-we-regarding-prevention-services-in-latin-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Where are we regarding prevention services in Latin America?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The\nsymposium about new approaches to monitor HIV services and accelerate the\nresponse among men who have sex with men and transgender women in Latin America\ncomes at a time of reflection in the 2019 Conference on HIV Science, which is\nbeing held in Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By: <\/strong>Dennis Castillo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: <\/strong>Corresponsales Clave<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Latin America, almost 50%\nof new HIV infections are found in gay men, other men who have sex with men and\ntransgender women. Therefore, it is necessary to assess the needs and\ninterventions aimed at these groups, which is crucial to achieve the objective\nof eliminating AIDS by 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sergio Montealegre, HIVOS Program Director for Latin American<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

In this context, several\nactors of the region joined efforts to know the prevention state among these\npopulations, advocate for better services, as well as accompany and monitor\nthem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this sense, Sergio Montealegre<\/strong>, HIVOS Program Director\nfor Latin American, said that the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and\nMalaria made a unique call to action for the region in 2017, so that regional\nnetworks would submit work proposals. Since then, networks started working and\nlooked inwards to know how they were conducting their interventions for\nprevention, promotion, advocacy and political incidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regarding prevention actions in Latin America, it was discussed in this symposium that most countries are not carrying out prevention campaigns and, where they do, campaigns are not effective and do not reach populations in a direct way. This is alarming considering the political contexts in the region, which put at risk the progress made in the field of human rights, which are closely related to HIV prevention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ricardo Baruch, activist, consultant and researcher on health and sexual and reproductive rights issues<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Ricardo Baruch, activist,\nconsultant and researcher on health and sexual and reproductive rights issues,\nquestioned what is happening with the epidemics in Mexico. \u201cYou might have already\nheard about it, but the truth is that we are in the middle of a crisis,\nprobably the most relevant crisis regarding HIV in the last 15 years because of\ndifferent decisions the new government has been taking with respect to\nprevention and treatment. Things are not going well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A case study of Ecuador was\npresented in this event as well: Corporaci\u00f3n Kimirina\u2019s work, which included\nHIV tests and through which previous screening has been implemented by giving\ninformation to people who received guidance before and after the result. The\nimpact of making prevention and timely access to comprehensive health care (in\ncase they were HIV positive) accessible to men had outstanding results: the waiting\nperiod between a positive diagnosis and the access to medicines was reduced by\nmore than 50 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the symposium some aspects\nto be addressed in prevention services for men who have sex with men and transgender\nwomen were also discussed, such as taking into account the perception of these\npopulations regarding the services, and getting to know their practices,\nexpectations and knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was also mentioned that socioeconomic growth and the inclusion resulting from the actions of civil society organizations of GBT people will eventually lead to a better wellbeing, less poverty, more freedom and less violence in our society. These aspects must be considered to adjust health services to the different populations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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