HIV is that other virus that we have – perhaps forgotten – doubled by Covid over the past two years. The City, labeled since 2019 “city committed against AIDS” This puts the subject back on the table by illuminating certain places in red on the occasion of Sidaction, this weekend. The least of it.
the Sidaction which raises funds helping with research.
The Red: the color symbol, strong and popular since the nineties of the fight against VIH is therefore highlighted, especially on the pediment of the town hall.
Untreated HIV is far deadlier than Covid
Without treatment, death is the only escape for an HIV-positive person.
Like any infection, a disease quickly diagnosed can be quickly checked. Hence the importance of getting tested regularly.
Medication exist today to ward off the virus and are most effective when caught in time.
In addition, a treated HIV+ person does not transmit the virus. Today, patients are treated with one tablet per day and their life expectancy is similar to that of the general population.
Zero contamination in 2030?
In France, we hope to horizon 2030 no more new contaminations. Thanks in particular to the PrEP. A kind of chemical preservative, a drug treatment. Pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, is intended for people aged 15 and over, both heterosexual and homosexual, who are not carriers of HIV but who are exposed by their practices to a high risk of contracting it.
PrEP significantly reduces the risk of HIV infection but, unlike the condom, does not warn others sexually transmitted infections (STIs) as syphilis or genital herpes.
Tonight at the Before: quick screenings, prevention aperitif,…
L’ENIPSE (National Team for Intervention in Prevention and Health) also gives an appointment for an evening atAround Sidaction 2022 to Before 4-Bar Saturday from 6 p.m. to midnight.
A prevention aperitif is organized there, with a space where you can get tested in minutes (on HIV but also hepatitis B and C) of a drop of blood taken from a finger.
To make a donation to SIDACTION
This can be done by telephone by calling 110 (freephone number), by internet: www.sidaction.orgby SMS to 92110 by sending the word DON to make a donation of €5 or by post to Sidaction, 228 rue du Faubourg Saint-Martin, 75010 Paris