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The 15th edition of the "Get Well Know" campaign in Jundiaí, promoted by the Health Promotion Management Unit and the IST / AIDS municipal program, through the screening center teams and advisory services (CTA) and basic health units, will expand rapid HIV testing and syphilis in the period from 1-8 December. The goal is to conduct 500 rapid tests of HIV and syphilis, an increase of 66% over the amount offered last year (300) over the same period. This action is part of the activities of World AIDS Day, celebrated on December 1st.
In order to make the tests available, the CTA team will increase working hours and carry out specific interventions. "Saturday 1st, in addition to educational actions at the inauguration of the UPA / Family Clinic, the team will be at the Center, on the Governador Pedro de Toledo square, from 11am, with artistic interventions, a zumba walk and a & # 39;, with a focus on spreading the respect of the person living with HIV. From Monday, day 3, the MAI will extend the hours of service to the population (from 7 am to 5 pm) until Friday (7 am) for rapid tests for HIV and syphilis On 8 November, the CTA team will propose tests in the São hospital ambulatory Vicente de Paulo (Campos Sales street, 350, center), from 9:00 to 13:00 ", details Maria de Lurdes Munhoz, chief psychologist at CTA.
Jundiaí recorded 389 cases of AIDS between 2008 and October 2018. 114 cases of HIV-positive residents in Jundiaí (93 men and 21 women) were reported during the same period, while 73 AIDS cases (57 men and 16 women) have been reported, with a predominance of cases in the economy. (of which 256 belong to the age group between 20 and 40. For the smaller age groups, there are 108 cases between 20 and 29 years). On syphilis, according to data from epidemiological surveillance and SINANET, in Jundiaí, from 2016 to October 2018, 286 cases of syphilis were reported, including 215 in men and 71 in women, and 41 years in 60% of cases. case.
"The campaign aims to test sexually active people, especially those who have never been tested for HIV and syphilis, to access and educate those most vulnerable to HIV, and to all positive cases until they arrive at the reference unit for treatment, "says the psychologist.
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