Tijuana (Mexico), 1 Dec (EFE).-United States deported immigrants with HIV find refuge in hostel-proceedings of the city of Tijuana, the only one in Baja California to treat patients with AIDS.

opened fourteen years ago, with the idea of supporting people with HIV/AIDS in resource-poor or no place to live, in the memoirs inhabit ninety people, of which about half are deported.

among its services, this hostel provides medication, transportation to health institutions and briefings about the disease.

as explained to Efe its founder, José Antonio Granillo, the hostel was born before the need that the border will have a specialized place which does not reject people with HIV.

“Is very sad to see how many people die abandoned on the streets of Tijuana without having been treated with dignity”.

in die Mehrheit der Fälle, die Krankheit bezieht sich auf ein Problem der sucht, so dass die Bewohner des Hostels müssen folgen eine Behandlung zu überwinden, ihre Abhängigkeiten.

Granillo sagte, dass der größte Feind der Krankheit bleibt der sozialen Stigmatisierung und Diskriminierung der Träger des Virus.

“Desinformation ist ein großes Hindernis,” als. “, der lädt uns ein, weiter arbeiten und das Bewusstsein für die Gemeinschaft und damit neue Generationen zu informieren”.

Las Memorias, benannt zu Ehren an alle Leute, die tragen das Virus, gedient hat, da es öffnete seine Türen für 2.250 Carrier und Opfer sucht., die die meisten verwaltet zu verbessern und zu korrigieren, für die Gesellschaft, sagte Granillo.

Juan Manuel Gutiérrez, 36 Jahre alt, wurde vor ein paar Monaten deportiert San Diego place that was his home for seventeen years. arriving in Tijuana did not have a place to live and stayed in the street, where one night was assaulted and suffered injuries in a foot.

eight months ago arrived at Las Memorias, where has been given attention medical. immigrants ensures that in United States not gave him hope of life.

“beyond gave me two months of life, they practically told my sister and my nieces who was about to die”, recalls Gutierrez.

now says feel good and ensures, he has learned to live with HIV. even so, regrets that it still is victim of discrimination when others find out that she is carrying the virus: “one see it different, there is still a lot of misinformation”.

Virginia Loera flowers, 35 years old, has also found a second chance to live in Tijuana, after being deported from United States.

< p> The native of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, recalls that for years he wandered through the streets of Tijuana since I didn’t have a home. for a long time was addicted to drugs, in addition to carrier of HIV.

now looks at the hostel “a family”, where you have taught him to treat the disease. “before I didn’t know even that there were drugs to treat HIV,” explains.

having movement problems, due to an accident while working in construction, does not stop to José Morales Bedolla, of 53 years, also deported from San Diego. “I arrived almost dead and here came to be born,” recounts.

patient of tuberculosis, the native of Michoacan has retaken the encouragement and motivation thanks to the support of their peers at the hostel.

after that improve your health status 22 days ago had contact with one of their daughters, which does not view more than 20 years ago, when it was repatriated from the United States. “he told me to concentrate and that it would soon be better health,” explains.

according to data from the Ministry of health of Baja California, as far as 2012 reported 102 cases of HIV.

a study in the public library of science in the school of Medicine of the University of California, issued a few years ago, points out that the victims deported from United States to Tijuana addictions are four times more likely to become infected with the virus than the rest.

as part of activities organized on the occasion of the celebration today of the international day of the fight against HIV/AIDS, members of the hostel travel to Los Angeles, California, to participate in a briefing at United States. EFE campaign

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