Las ONG linked to HIV and AIDS warn about the current situation of HIV in Spain.
although HIV is stabilized in the world, new infections increase in Spain.
-The impact of the economic crisis in the programmes of prevention and care for people living with HIV / AIDS, as well as in general health, putting at risk the fundamental rights
-Las ONG serve a large number of people in social exclusion that are outside of the health care system and those who do not are are given alternatives of care
-the future of the pandemic is at stake because the increase of undiagnosed infections involves the individual and collective health, as well as assume a negative impact on the health cost
Madrid, 2011-December marks 30 years since the first diagnosis of HIV and not cease to increase new cases, especially in men who have sex with men (MSM). Currently, in Spain there is between 130,000 and 150,000 people with HIV and this increase in new infections is due in part to the perception of AIDS as a chronic disease, implying a relaxation in the prevention and HIV test ”, says Udiarraga GarcÃa, President of CESIDA. In addition, points out that this perception of HIV infection not should in no way contribute to cronificar precarity in policies to a clear and forceful answer to ending the pandemic ”.
In this regard, HIV infection beyond the health sector while maintaining its uniqueness at the social level, because the stigma associated with HIV and AIDS leads to many people around us are discriminated against. Julio Gómez, President of REDVIH, says that discrimination and criminalization are also barriers to prevention and control of HIV infection, it is necessary to concentrate efforts to avoid the differential delay in our country, which leads to high health care costssocial and personal ”.
Despite advances in treatment in nearly three decades, social advances were reluctant and are at a crucial time, where economic decisions in the short term appears to be the only alternative to a generalized crisis situation. That is why it is necessary to put on the table the tremendous danger that involve and very high economic and social cost that lead in the near future, the cuts in prevention, early detection and policy attention active against HIV/AIDS ”, emphasizes Paki fighta member of the Board of FUNSIDA.
Civil organizations who work in the prevention and care to people living with HIV/AIDS have characterized us during this time as an essential agent, both in the design as the implementation of the various programmes of care and prevention, with years of experience and achievements ”, says Udiarraga GarcÃa. also stresses that civil society requires a shared leadership and the recognition of the added value of civil organisations, why we demand full respect for fundamental rights, because we shall not not one step back in his defence and we are always in favour of a focus on rights, global and comprehensive health ”.
The NGOs argue that there is no scientific evidence or logical reasoning to indicate that the uniqueness has come to an end, but on the contrary, because there is still unfinished business which the Government wants to silence under the argument of the chronicity.
In the current situation, it is necessary to make a specific effort by public administrations and society as a whole, to halt, contain and reduce the transmission of HIV infection. Antonio Poveda, President of the FELGTB, points out that now the reality epidemiological transmission of HIV in Spain reveals the increasing vulnerability of men who have sex with men (MSM), transsexuals of sex and sex workers male workers, so it is essential to not retreat or a step ”.
Non-governmental organizations working in the field of HIV/AIDS in Spain have jointly developed a manifesto which reflected the demands of civil society in the World AIDS Day.
