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On Saturday, December 1, from 23 a.m. to 1:30 a.m., an information table will also be installed in Lorca Plaza to raise awareness among the population, but especially the youngest, of this disease.

Also within the information campaign will proceed to the distribution of brochures, posters, brand pages and calendars pocket

The Councilors for Health and NGO's of the City of Lorca, María del Carmen Ruiz and Fátima Mínguez, respectively, together with the volunteer of the Red Cross Youth, Isabel Segura, presented this morning the activities that will be developed in the municipality with reason for the commemoration of the World AIDS Day that takes place tomorrow, December 1, and that takes as motto "Know your state".

María del Carmen Ruiz explained that "this year marks the 30th anniversary of World AIDS Day, created by the World Health Organization in 1988, and one more year from the City Council and the Red Cross we join forces to reach The citizens will have all the necessary information about the prevention of this disease, and today there will be an informative table until 12 noon at the door of the Town Hall where information and red ribbons will be distributed, symbol of the celebration of World AIDS Day. December 1 from 23 to 01:30 hours will also be installed an information table in Lorca Plaza to raise awareness among the population, but especially the youngest, of this disease.Either today or tomorrow will be educational activities and proceed to the distribution of brochures, posters, bookmarks, red ribbons, pocket calendars and 3,000 condoms, since this method of contraception is one of the best ways to

prevent sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV, since approximately 90% of cases are caused by infection at the time of sexual intercourse. "

The Councilor for Health has stressed that "early detection is the best way to prevent the development of AIDS disease, in addition to not generate new infections, for this the most important thing is to get a rapid HIV test done from a sample of saliva, and the result is obtained in less than 40 minutes In this sense, the Health Information and Education Program on AIDS of the Ministry of Health provides information on this through the telephone 900 706 706 and facilitates the realization of The test is anonymous and free of charge through collaborating entities, at Health Centers or at university centers throughout the Region.It is noteworthy that the University of Murcia offered on 26 November at the Faculty of Socio-Sanitary Sciences Campus of Lorca the realization of this test to the university students ".

Ruiz stressed that "preventive measures, such as the use of condoms when there is no stable relationship and testing of HIV to all people who have had situations of risk, is what allows to reduce cases of infection since any person can be a carrier of the virus without knowing it and without having any symptomatology In the period from 2009 to 2007 in Area III of Health 99 cases have been treated for HIV with an average annual incidence rate of 71 6% In 2017, 8 new diagnoses were detected due to HIV infection, the lowest number since 2009, which shows that the population is increasingly aware of and uses protective measures against this disease. , It should also be noted that in the Region of Murcia the largest number of new cases occurs in people between 30 and 34 years.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca