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12.01 World AIDS Day
28-11-2018
This Saturday, December 1, marks the World AIDS Day, a date that reaches its 30th anniversary. There are three decades of struggle against HIV, support for those living with the virus and memories of those who have died from an AIDS-related illness. On this occasion, UNAIDS stresses the importance of people knowing their HIV status and viral load. "Live life positively. Know your HIV status "is the chosen theme to which the Humana People to People Federation and the organizations that form it join.
"Live life in a positive way. Know your HIV status, "insists the executive director of the Joint United Nations Program on HIV / AIDS (UNAIDS), Michel Sidibé, who recalls that, in 2017, up to 9.4 million people were not aware that they lived with a life-threatening but treatable disease, and they urgently need to undergo HIV treatment and testing. "If people do not know their serostatus, they can not protect themselves or their families or partners. They will not be sure if the treatment is effective or if it protects their health or stops the transmission of HIV, "he says. In 2017, a total of 1.8 million people have been infected with this virus.
These data are extracted from the report "Knowledge is power", which offers glimmers for optimism: 75% of those living with HIV know their status compared to what happened in 2015, when the record was 67%. And another positive fact: in 2017 there were 21.7 million people living with HIV (59% of the total) and had access to antiretroviral therapy, by 17.2 million two years earlier.
Monitor viral load
The document reminds that for a person to stay healthy and prevent HIV transmission, it must be suppressed at undetectable or very low levels through sustained antiretroviral therapy. And he insists that in order to effectively monitor viral load, people living with HIV need to be tested annually. The report reveals that 19.4 million people living with HIV have not yet suppressed their viral load.
It should be noted that while in some parts of the world it is easy to obtain a test of these characteristics and is integrated into the treatment, in other places there is hardly a viral load machine for the whole country. "HIV tests and viral load tests must be equal and accessible for all those living with HIV, without exception", defend from UNAIDS, and insist that they are the only way to know the state of health and adopt a plan of healthy life.
Total Control of the Epidemic (TCE) and HOPE
Humana People to People is promoting two programs to deal with the disease: Total Control of the Epidemic (TCE) and HOPE. The first, which turns 19 and is present in 13 countries in collaboration with the respective governments, fights HIV and AIDS through prevention, care and support to the community. It is based on a door-to-door strategy, which allows person-to-person counseling and fundamental communication about HIV testing, methods of prevention, what it means to be HIV-positive, access to treatment and how to achieve the suppression of HIV infection. viral load.
The 90-90-90 strategy
After this initial phase, the TCE program was aligned with the UNAIDS 90-90-90 strategy, which focuses on ensuring that 90% of people infected with HIV know their status and that 90% of infected people receive antiretroviral therapy, which should lead to 90% viral suppression of HIV in those under treatment. The tests are focused on high-risk groups, such as homosexuals who do not use protection in their relationships, young women and sex workers.
The program has a fundamental role in the fight against the spread of HIV, AIDS and tuberculosis. The projects promoted by our partners in 13 countries reach 8.9 million people in Africa and Asia.
For its part, the HOPE program focuses on supporting people through the promotion of local health structures that promote the supply of antiretrovirals and adherence to treatments. HOPE offers, above all, support and guidelines for not abandoning medication and tries to connect the population with national health systems.
