Nieto FS, Bloch CR; International Conference on AIDS.
Int Conf AIDS. 2002 Jul 7-12; 14: abstract no. ThPeD7753.
AIDS Department, Buenos Aires, Argentina
ISSUES: AIDS epidemy in the city is in phase of generalization. In this context, the Government of Buenos Aires city created at the end of 2000 the AIDS Department, as a politic commitment to control the epidemy. The Depatment proposed as objetive to build a model of transversal management and with wide participation. DESCRIPTION: Creation of interdisciplinary team with a vision of horizontal articulation of the strenght of diferents socials actors. Integration a AIDS Network with representatives of all hospitals. Political guidelines: multidisciplinary aproach of the HIV problem; agreement in interinstitutionals action lines; strenghten of work in preventive network, attendance and laboratory field; work together with community organizations; include PVHIV; work in: promotion and accesibility to condom, promotion of HIV testing, harm reduction, prevention vertical trasmission, facilitate access medication. LESSON LEARNED: Creation a board between differents sectors. Organization 1st. Meeting Prevention Politics and Workshop about Strategic Planning where civil servant and representatives of community. Creation Centers of Prevention, Counseling and Diagnosis with participation of NGO, PVHIV and communitary agents. Training of hot line operators. Elaboration a magazine about AIDS. Production and delivery of materials of comunication to estimulate HIV testing and use of condom. Campaigns in public thoroughfare, radios and papers. Making posters about prevention in cooperation with the Social Security. Focused delivery of material in joining with NGO and in community places. Creation of a Board of Sexual Minorities. Development of Epidemiological Surveillance HIV infection . Purchase and delivery 3 millions condoms. RECOMMENDATION: We propose strategies participatives that articulate what we have done and allow to establish confidence between participants in order that each subject feel itself just a spectator but leading of this plan to the control of epidemy.
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Keywords:
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Advertising as Topic
- Condoms
- Counseling
- HIV Infections
- Health Planning
- Organizations
- Research
- United States
- Work
- education
- organization & administration
- prevention & control
Other ID:
UI: 102259100
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