Noticias
Noticias
From 14 to 16 March the meeting "Testing, Treatment and Combined HIV prevention among gay men" took place in the city of Curitiba, Brazil, which brought together national and international experts, as well as more than 50 activists from different social movements from all regions of Brazil.
The main objective of the event was to help to increase the access to prevention methodologies and practices, early diagnosis and treatment of HIV among key populations of gay men and other men who have sex with men in Brazil.
The meeting brought together experts from academy, government agencies and social movements working in response to the HIV epidemic among gay men and others in the United States and Mexico, including representatives of organizations such as AIDS Healthcare Foundation and the Global Forum on gay men and HIV. Also participating were representatives of the Paraguayan LGBT organization SOMOSGAY and GayLatino network.
Among the highlights in the calendar, are the results of recent research showing that people living with HIV with adherence to antiretroviral treatment and consequently with an undetectable viral load have 96% probability of not infect others with the virus during sex without a condom or other forms of transmission, such as the use of shared injection equipment.
From this discovery, HIV treatment with antiretroviral drugs is seen as a very effective strategy for disease prevention, as it interrupts the transmission chain. Hence the importance of testing, diagnosis and begin treatment as soon as possible.
Conformation of the Red GayLatino Brazil
With the presence of activists and gay leaders from all regions of Brazil, GayLatino extended its actions shaping the Brazilian chapter, accompanied by Simon Cazal (Paraguay), Toni Reis (Brazil), Esteban Paulón (Argentina) and Jorge Saavedra (Mexico), Executive Committee members of the network.
Our GayLatino network is supporting the development of regional strategies to achieve goals in these areas. “Brazil is leading the way again, and we are honored to be part of this stage of the road. Simon Cazal, Executive Director of the organization SOMOSGAY and member of the Executive Committee of GayLatino.
The meeting took place thanks to: Centro de las ONG Ciudadanía Paranaense, with the support of the Department of STD, AIDS and Viral Hepatitis of the Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Department of Health of the State of Parana, the Department of Health of the City of Curitiba, UNAIDS - Joint United Nations Programme on HIV / AIDS, Project "Agora é Agora" UNA-LGBT - Unión Nacional de Lesbianas, Gays, Transexuales y Bisexuales, the Brazilian Association of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans - ABGLT, the Paranaense NGO Forum and the National Network of People living with HIV.
Dignidade Group turns 24
"When we took the first steps for forming Dignidade, I remember that we were just two people and it was hard to gather companions, today, with great joy we fulfilled 24 years of struggle, harder and key allies” says Toni Reis, Executive Director of the organization.
Since March 1992, the Dignidade Group works to defend freedom of sexual orientation and gender identity in Brazil. For the celebration, the 2016 edition of Premio Ciudadanía LGBT Aliad@s (LGBT Allies Citizenship Award) was held, where 24 individuals and institutions that contributed to the cause of the LGBT community in Curitiba and Parana in 2015 were awarded.
To read the Charter of Curitiba, with considerations and recommendations.
