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My summer volunteer work at Latin America’s busiest and most modern HIV/AIDS Clinic. The Clinic. Established in 2000 for the population of the Federal District/Mexico City A total population of about 20,000,000
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My summer volunteer work at Latin America’s busiest and most modern HIV/AIDS Clinic
The Clinic • Established in 2000 for the population of the Federal District/Mexico City • A total population of about 20,000,000 • Approx 30% of the estimated 180,000 HIV patients in the country are in the Mexico City Metropolitan area • Is a multi-specialty Clinic, providing: • Internal Medicine • OB-GYN • Psychiatry • Dermatology • Etc.
Focus on Prevention • Educational materials/ Seminars • Condoms: About 1,000,000/year • Tests: around 30,000 / year • Treatment for thousands of regular patients, inmates, sex workers, and victims of sexual violence.
CENSIDA • Is the government agency that oversees HIV/AIDS care and prevention • Provides universal access to ART through the National Health System • Most infected in Mexico are MSM and Sex Workers • Also provides PEP in the Federal District
My Experience • On my own • Contact made through Salud.gob.mx • Very little English spoken at clinic, though most physicians read it • Volunteer work- 4 weeks • Prison program • Paps for Prostitutes • Program for Victims of Sexual Violence • Translation work • Procurer of the Federal District