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One in four French young people think they are ill-informed about the disease, according to a survey conducted for Sidaction.
The 25th edition of Sidaction begins Friday, April 5 and continues until Sunday, in a context of "trivialization of HIV and AIDS"The badociation also notes a lack of knowledge of the virus, especially among young people.One in four believes to be misinformed on the issue, according to a recent survey of Sidaction.And just go out on the street. to notice.
Asked how the virus is transmitted, a young man responds "by saliva". Another believes that one can avoid being infected by using "the means of contraception." Two misconceptions: no, HIV is transmitted by saliva and no, contraception does not prevent transmission of the virus, contrary to what one in seven young people think in France today.
According to the latest official figures, 6,400 people discovered their HIV status in France in 2017. And 25,000 others are HIV-positive without knowing it. Yet, few young people have ever done a test. "Now that you say it, maybe one day I'll have to do some badysis to find out," confesses a young man.
Lucie Hovhannessian, she knows it. She has been on triple therapy for seven years. "It's about blood tests taken by an anesthesiologist" that she learned about her HIV status. It was after unprotected bad that the 27-year-old woman contracted HIV. "When you're young, you feel invincible, and at one point you go through this phase of 'it's never going to happen to me.' It's not a virus that makes a selection in its victims. are in contact with this virus, it will enter your body and it will stay there ". Because contrary to what one in four young people think today, there is no medicine to cure AIDS.
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