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During the day today an information desk has been installed at the door of the City Hall, while on Saturday there will be in Calderón Square where educational activities will be carried out and leaflets and other materials will be distributed, as well as red ribbons and condoms

The Councilors of Health and NGOs of the Municipality of Lorca, Maria del Carmen Ruiz and Fátima Mínguez, respectively, along with the director of Red Cross Youth, Salvador Guerrero, presented the activities to be developed in the municipality on the occasion of the Commemoration of the World AIDS Day that is celebrated today and that this year bears the slogan "Raise our hands for HIV prevention."

María del Carmen Ruiz explained that "once again these two entities join forces to bring to the citizens all the necessary information on the prevention of this disease. Today, December 1, will be installed until 12:30 hours in the Door of the City Council an information table where information will be distributed red marks symbol of the celebration of World AIDS Day.And also, Saturday December 3 from 17 to 21 hours will also set up an information desk in Plaza de Calderón to raise awareness, In the afternoon, educational activities will be carried out and booklets, posters, bookmarks, red ribbons, pocket calendars and condoms will be distributed, as this method of contraception is one of the Better ways to prevent sexually transmitted diseases, including AIDS, since 90% of cases are caused by a contagion when having sex. "

The Council of Health has stressed that "early detection is the best way to avoid the development of AIDS, in addition to not generating new infections, for that the most important is to have the rapid HIV test that is 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 offers information on this through the phone 900 706 706 and facilitates the realization of The proof of anonymous and gratuitous form through collaborating entities, in the Health Centers or in university centers of the whole Region. It is possible to emphasize that the University of Murcia offered the past 29 of November in the Faculty of Socio-Sanitary Sciences of the Campus Of Lorca the realization of this test to the university students ".

Ruiz stressed that "preventive measures, such as the use of condoms when not having a stable relationship and the testing of HIV to all people who have had situations of risk, is what makes it possible to reduce cases of contagion Since any person can be a carrier of the virus without knowing it and without having any symptoms. In the period that goes from the year 2009 to the 30 of June of 2015 in the Hospital Rafael Méndez, center of reference of Area III of Health have been attended 22 cases of AIDS ".

The Office of Health, in this sense, added that "the incidence of new diagnoses of HIV in the Region of Murcia during the period 2009 2015 shows a decrease to 2013 and a slight increase in the last two years being in the last year Number of new diagnoses slightly higher than 100. Similarly, the annual incidence in the Region (71 new diagnoses) is lower than the state average (94 new cases per million inhabitants). HIV infection is attributable to sexual transmission, about 90%, so it is essential to use condoms as a means of prevention.Injected drug use accounts for a small percentage, barely 5%. To homo / bisexual relationships is especially important among young people, so this situation continues to be a priority objective for prevention programs. "

María del Carmen Ruiz pointed out that "late diagnosis still represents a significant problem in the Region, since in this period almost 50% of cases of new HIV diagnosis were individuals susceptible to having started antiretroviral treatment. Of people diagnosed with this disease belatedly are higher in women (56% compared to 45% in men), in cases where the transmission route is heterosexual or the use of injected drugs, as well as among the older population and foreign source "It is therefore necessary to promote and improve access to HIV testing, as well as to promote prevention through campaigns like this that we develop between the City and Red Cross Youth."

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca