Health | HIV is the pathology most judged by Generation Y

People affected by HIV have known since the beginning of the development of the disease, in the 80s, many prejudices, and many discriminations. Yet it is the new generations who are the most critical of pathology.

December 1st will be the World AIDS Day. In 2017, 36.9 million people were living with this disease. With 1.8 million newly affected people, there are still too many prejudices about the disease and those infected.

A recent study carried out by Zava, expert in teleconsultation, was interested in the most judged pathologies by the French. Among the ten pathologies, HIV appears in third place, side by side with obesity.

It is disorders and pathologies involving so-called "risky" behavior that are at the top of the list, with addictions taking first place, and obesity second.

Among those polled, the majority of men are negative about HIV-positive people. For them, HIV is the second most criticized pathology while women place it in fifth place, behind addictions, scabies, obesity and STIs.

At the same time, it is the new generations who are the most malicious with people infected with HIV. In Generation Y (18-35 years), HIV ranks first, before addictions and other STIs.

A judgment that could be explained by a level of information of young people about AIDS down 10 points since 2009.

In a recent FIFG study, 65% of 15-24 year olds were unaware, for example, that a person under effective treatment with undetectable viral load, does not transmit the AIDS virus even without a condom.

The ZAVA study was conducted in April 2018 with a sample of 1000 people representative of the French population.