Cascais wants to control HIV and eliminate hepatitis C by 2030

The Municipality of Cascais outlined a plan to promote early detection and break the transmission of HIV / AIDS and hepatitis C in the next two years to eliminate the virus by 2030. [19659002] "We are working on global responses to a disease.Costais is at the forefront of eradicating HIV / AIDS," said Carlos Carreiras, Mayor of the city of Cascais, in statements to Lusa.

According to a statement sent, Cascais aims to be the country's first county to effectively control the transmission of HIV and hepatitis C by 2030, setting a trajectory for the next two years, based on Promoting early detection to break the transmission of viruses.

The county is a priority to intervene in three areas that present flaws: late diagnosis, stigma and discrimination felt by and for people living with these infections and effective preventive actions.

To achieve these goals, Cascais in its strategy for the next two years, until in 2020, partnerships with local and national entities. These partnerships include autarky, primary and hospital care, intervention division in addictive behavior and addictions, prison services, a community organization and street pharmacies.

"We work on people. We want to follow the population, care for the sick and educate the community. Among the measures to be adopted by the municipality is the completion of 150 rapid monthly tests on HIV, hepatitis B, C and / or HIV / AIDS, or syphilis, with a particular focus on the most vulnerable populations. vulnerable, HIV testing for all prisoners in Linhó and Tires prisons, and training of pharmacy teams to disseminate information on HIV and hepatitis and the need for testing implementation.