World AIDS Day is celebrated each year on December 1st. It provides an opportunity to increase awareness, education and a greater understanding of HIV as a global public health issue. This year, the Pan American Health Organization has proposed the following theme: “Everybody counts. End AIDS”. On the eve of World AIDS Day, PAHO in collaboration with UNAIDS, launched the report HIV Prevention in the Spotlight – An Analysis from the Perspective of the Health Sector in Latin America and the Caribbean, which analyzes the progress made and the challenges faced by health systems in preventing HIV transmission. The focus on HIV combination prevention, early detection and access to antiretroviral treatment are essential to end HIV transmission. Governments, health service providers, international organizations, civil society organizations, people living with HIV, key populations and other stakeholders should work together in the response to HIV.
See more:
- PAHO: HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030
- WHO: World AIDS Day 2017
- UNAIDS
Related links:
- Com redução da transmissão vertical do HIV, Brasil avança rumo à certificação internacional
- Laboratório Municipal São Miguel Paulista
- Saúde tem todas as ferramentas necessárias para eliminar a aids e a transmissão do HIV no país
- Saúde orienta uso de novo medicamento no tratamento de adultos vivendo com HIV multirresistente a antirretrovirais
- Ministério da Saúde lança painel para monitoramento de dados de HIV e aids
