SETAC’s ‘Hablemos de PrEP’ Campaign

In mid-february Solidaridad Ed Thomas AC (SETAC) presented the campaign “Let’s talk about PrEP,” which aims to educate the general population and promote awareness of the medical treatment that helps to prevent the transmission of HIV among the most vulnerable groups.

PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis) is a medical treatment that helps to prevent the acquisition of HIV, focused on the populations most exposed to the virus, as part of a combined prevention strategy, along with the use of condoms, medical monitoring, and periodic tests.

Prof. Francisco Javier Arjona, Director of SETAC, welcomed personalities from the health sector, local government, educational centers, and civil society. Among them were the ImPrEP teams from Brazil and Mexico City, led by Dr. Brenda Hoagland and Dr. Galileo Vargas respectively. (The “ImPrEP” project is an initiative funded by UNITAID of the United Nations.)

Prof. Arjona spoke of the challenges that arise when implementing a program of this type in a city like Puerto Vallarta because of the high mobility (both national and foreign people) the city has. Currently, the protocol has 83 PrEP users, and it’s planned to reach approximately 300 users by the end of this year, of which 80% are Mexican users.

At the actual launch of the campaign, Prof. Arjona showed videos, posters, and graphics to promote PrEP to the general public. These materials can be accessed through thehablemosdeprep.com webpage.

Source: Banderas News

Last Updated on 28/02/2019 by Puerto Vallarta Net