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July 30, 2018, 19:11 Montevideo, July 30 (Prensa Latina) The number of Uruguayans detected with HIV-AIDS last year rose to 797 and 161 others have died because of this disease, the authorities said today. At the commemoration of the National Day against HIV / AIDS, the holder of this portfolio, Jorge Bbado, spoke about the progress and challenges that the country has experienced with this virus.
He noted that in recent years this growing epidemic has stabilized, while increasing the controls and controls of the population.
The Secretary of State indicated that HIV-positive cases exceed 12,000, of which more than 10,000 are monitored and diagnosed, and 80% of these are treated in the health system.
He noted that half of the patients were receiving care through the public administration of health services and institutions. private, thanks to the financing of the National Integrated Health System
The drug for this disease is very expensive, said the head of the MSP, adding that the government is taking steps to improve access and now incorporated into the form Therapeutic drugs According to him, Uruguay is the country that guarantees "more expensive drugs throughout Latin America and the Caribbean and all the people who need them," he added.
of what is happening in much of the world, this country of South America "has all kinds of drugs for the treatment of HIV-AIDS."
Susana Cabrera, director of the National HIV / AIDS Program of the MSP, reported that in recent years, transmission of the disease from mother to child has remained below 2% and the goal is to reduce it to zero.
He acknowledged that the main barriers to delayed pregnancies and the lack of examinations for both parents.
HIV-AIDS cases detected in Uruguay began to decline from 2013, from 1,200 to 800 per year, according to the Ministry of Health. 19659003] agp / jcd
