HIV
WORLDWIDE It is estimated that the number of infections caused by the virus has arrived according to the report of UN AIDS, more than 40 million people worldwide. That is why one of the major factors in purchasing this disease is the explicit and implicit exclusion from society, creating a bit hostile to the life of those infected. It is also important to consider the fundamental role played by the Human Rights, because through them you can cope with the epidemic of HIV and AIDS but on the other hand, are those who first passed to keep the purchase of the virus. Human rights violations reinforce the epidemic by making people more vulnerable to infection. Furthermore, the infected can be subjected to various forms of discrimination and abuse, including harassment, arbitrary detention and torture. NATIONAL HIV
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CHILE In Chile, one of the greatest advances in public policy level has been the inclusion of HIV / AIDS in Protocol Assistance from the Auge Plan 2004. This consideration ensures guarantees attention to children and adults living with HIV / AIDS, when it comes to treatment with antiretroviral drugs and tests of viral load control, among others.
Continuing with our country, according to the latest report from the Department of Epidemiology, Ministry of Health, which examined the period 1984 to 2007 - there are 18 thousand Chileans infected with the virus, of whom 9,910 are asymptomatic carriers and 8,487 have the disease. The most alarming of this study, compared with 2006, is undoubtedly increased by 42% of new cases of people suffering from AIDS. One figure that attracts attention in this report is that 16% of those affected by this disease in the country are women, which shows the trend that has followed HIV / AIDS in recent years. HIV
REGIONAL LEVEL: In
Maule Region Maule Region, between 1990 and 2004 occurred in the region 175 AIDS deaths, corresponding to 83% of them men. The Region VII mortality has remained below the national average, with the exception of 2003 when it was slightly.
The Region VII occupies the 8 th place in the country in the rate of HIV reporting by the XI region and # 6 in AIDS.
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