Most of those infected with HIV were married: NGO – Milenio.com

While men account for 80 percent of cases of HIV and AIDS, the virus also persists in two other sectors of the population. Children and women are infected by their partners

According to the National Center for the Prevention and Control of HIV and AIDS (Censida), it is estimated that in the country there are 36 000 women living with HIV and AIDS, of which 681 are in Nuevo Leon.

The report notes that each year about 2000 new cases nationwide are added.

The president and founder of El Roble self-help group, which caters to women with HIV, Hilda Esquivel, said that the 80 percent of infected women acquired the virus from their partner, being married, most of them.

Esquivel noted that such statistics also presented at the national level.

“What first thing you think of or the first thing you have told these women is: ‘Hey, are you a sex worker ?, you are promiscuous or bisexual ?, or where you walk, or with whom you hook up?’. All this has as a stigma and where this woman would walk. It is a stigma faced by women to be positive.

“It’s important that people know that the majority of women living with HIV here in the state and across the country are love
home “.

He said that the above is because women are still uninformed and hopes that her husband or boyfriend has no partners or sex outside marriage.

This, plus the fact that most men who have sex with men are not yet able to accept their sexuality as it is.

“For what reason? There is a lot of misinformation, are believed exempt reach have this problem at some point in their lives because they are comfortable circle of family, spouse, and it turns out that most of them who have been infected by her husband, by her sexual partner at the time, they did not know, did not even know that behind all this.

“The housewife never feel vulnerable because it has relations only with her husband. Men do not take as bisexual or homosexual, but they have had sex with other men and believe it is important to talk to women and have that communication also with the husband. “

An example is the of a mother, a resident of Monterrey, who requested anonymity.

She is 37 years old and noted that 7 makes HIV was diagnosed when she was three months pregnant
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“I thought I would die, remember that day, it was a very sad day when receiving the diagnosis.

” I was scared for my baby, that if they came to be born, would I be born infected. “

When he received the news, the woman realized that it had acquired the virus from her husband, because only with him had had sex.

” By my partner, because I am a housewife and therefore nothing to him, because I had no other couples. I do not really going through my head I had other couples besides me.

“If I got very courage to yell at him, because I had not had sex with other people, said forgive me. “

She decided to forgive your partner and went on.

were subjected to antiretroviral treatment, which could stall the virus and not develop AIDS, allowing the baby was born without HIV.

“the two decided to move forward together, we have seven years and are well.

“Much happiness, glad that my child is well, has left undetected and that I am also good, although I thought I would die, but I see not, I can live many years. “

Not all babies are so lucky, because the lack of early detection of patients.

According to the Censida, 1983 when the virus, the second quarter of 2015, on record in 3000 770 cases of children with AIDS or HIV was discovered in Mexico.

According to the distribution of the reported cases, 36 thousand children are less a year and a thousand 494 have between one and four years.

In addition 743 cases were children five to nine years and 497 cases are minors aged 10 to 14 years.

In Nuevo Leon, do not have an exact number of children with HIV or AIDS, only in the House of Simon Betania, located in Mina, eight children attend.

” The children are babies when they get here with his mother. Because of their age they are alienated from the situation they are living, said Sister Anastasia Jaramillo, founder of the Simon of Bethany House.

Most of these children contracted HIV from birth, because her mother carried the virus was not detected in time.

The states with the highest percentage of cases of HIV and AIDS on women are Chiapas, Guerrero, Veracruz, Oaxaca and Tabasco.

While Nuevo Leon yet It does not occupy the first places, different associations are calling on the female population to learn and know that every sexually active woman is prone to HIV infection and be with one partner.

Also for the Pregnant rapid test be conducted to meet their health and if they are diagnosed with HIV, to act on time and prevent the baby being born infected.

“Right now having HIV is a chronic disease, if you take your antiretrovirals, if you have proper nutrition, can live with quality, I know people who are 30 years old with HIV.

“That young people to join prevention campaigns, talk openly with their parents, who come to have elements, being able to take care and have a better quality of life, “Hilda Esquivel said.

ASKS CONGRESS TO LAUNCH CAMPAIGN

After be known that HIV cases have soared over the past four years in Nuevo Leon, the local Congress asked to perform an information campaign after relax preventive measures.

In an interview, the legislator Sergio Arellano, president of the Commission of Health and Vulnerable Groups, said the statistics were up for lack of work in the health sector.

“What I think is that when you relax the indicators situations occur, call the Secretary of Health to strengthen this matter a publicity campaign to be aware and strengthen drug because that is the big problem first, “said the president of the Commission of Health and Care Groups vulnerable.

The deputy Labor Party (PT) said it will work to develop a Legislative urge towards the head of the State Health Secretariat, to facilitate the drugs that today are considered very difficult access for carriers.

“The drugs are controlled, which are not easily accessible and that complicates the situation,” said Balderas Arellano.

At the end of the second quarter the year in Nuevo Leon 92 cases were reported, reportedly

Eduardo Mendieta Sanchez / Monterrey

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Keys A detail

• From 1983, when the virus was detected, until the second quarter of this year, the country is no record of 3000 770 children with HIV or AIDS .
• The states with the highest percentage of HIV and AIDS cases in women are Chiapas, Guerrero, Veracruz, Oaxaca and Tabasco, but it is important to learn about it, the agencies said.