The first cases of HIV infection in the world occurred between 1977 and 1978, in Brazil in 1982. Since the beginning of the epidemic, 77.3 million people have been infected. In 2017, according to UNAIDS Brazil and www.aids.gov.br
, 1.8 million new cases entered statistics. To reduce these numbers, awareness-raising activities on HIV prevention, treatment and transmission are conducted.
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HIV is important for the control of the virus
The United Nations goal of 90-90 -90 in 2015 states that by 2020, 90% of people with HIV are diagnosed, 90% of them receive uninterrupted antiretroviral therapy and 90% of people on treatment have undetectable viral load. The result of this suppressed viral load is the cancellation of HIV transmission .
Existing treatments make the goal possible. The doctor infectologist
Dr. Ésper Kallás, Professor of Clinical Immunology and Allergy at the USP School of Medicine, explains that "not all HIV carriers transmit the virus because drugs, used continuously, reduce the amount of virus in the blood, present in the bads and makes it impossible to transmit. "
But for all this to become reality, we must educate the population. It is very important to know the forms of HIV infection – which are related to contact with bad secretions and blood and forms of prevention -. For the infectologist, the most important form of transmission is badual intercourse, when there is contact with the virus present in the bad secretions.
"The form of prevention is to create a barrier for HIV
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The main form of prevention remains the use of condoms
.The condom is the most well-known barrier but the drugs are also able to create a "protective shell." It is pre-exposure prophylaxis, when the drug is taken by a person in a key population before contact with the virus, and post -exposure, when the drug is ingested after a risk relationship.
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During pregnancy
Vertical transmission may occur during pregnancy – when the virus pbades through the placental barrier – during delivery – in the event of contact with the blood or secretions of the mother – or while badfeeding. The first step in prophylaxis is the diagnosis so that the child and she receive medication, thus reducing the risk of transmission of the virus to the baby. In such cases, badfeeding is not recommended by the Ministry of Health because HIV can be transmitted through bad milk.
Transmission of blood
manicure and tattooing needles, blood transfusion, among others. Therefore, it is important to perform these types of procedures only in places of trust certified by Anvisa (National Health Surveillance Agency).
Dr. Emper points out that there are other forms of HIV transmission, such as bad toy sharing. but they are unlikely and depend on a set of factors. Situations such as kissing, hugging and shaking hands pose no risk.
It is very important to have an HIV test periodically because early diagnosis can begin immediate treatment. Treatment, in turn, improves the health of a person living with the virus and reduces the risk of HIV transmission
through bad and help reduce AIDS cases around the world.
