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On Saturday (01), the State Department of Health (Susam) organized the first campaign of the World AIDS Day campaign in Praça da Matriz, in the center of Manaus. The year 2018 has the theme "You can live without doubt". To raise awareness, health workers distributed male and female information materials and condoms, as well as rapid HIV and syphilis tests.
Outreach marks the beginning of the program to promote the prevention and adoption of healthy practices, which are expected to occur throughout the month of December, in the 62 municipalities of Ontario. Amazonas. The actions are organized by the National Coordination IST / AIDS and Viral Hepatitis of the Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado Tropical Medicine Foundation (FMT-HVD) of the State Government.
According to nurse Josana Figueiredo, an epidemiological study of the Tropical Medicine Foundation, 400 rapid tests were performed between 9am and 3pm on Saturdays.
The professional points out that Amazonas has a reference unit in the treatment of people living with HIV, but that there are several places that are also the object of ;a trace. "In Manaus, this service is provided by the specialized badistance services (SAE), the FMT being the main unit, especially in case of hospitalization.However, the service is also possible at the Alfredo da Matta Foundation (Fuam), in addition to the Polyclinic Count Telles, in the district of São José, Dr. Antônio da Silva, on the Mount of Olives, Dr. José Raimundo Franco de Sá, in the vicinity of Nova Esperança. Leonor de Freitas (UBS), Compensa district, and Arthur Virgilio, in the Amazonino Mendes, respectively in the west and east areas, also serve HIV patients.
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