The historical increase in the islands is due to several factors. The first and possibly more worrying is the loss of fear from contagion. Nowadays with the advances of medicine it is known that a person “HIV positive” can live for many years with the help of new drugs. Drugs that have demonstrated their great effectiveness in improving the quality of life of people with HIV. Nevertheless, the health system cannot sustain such an increasing number of people with HIV They are going to require life treatments.
We have accessed this information: “The number seropositive patients treated in hospitals of the Canary Islands, during the year 2018, has been of 6.668 what a antiretroviral cost of € 33.585.199,8".
Another no less important factor is the change in the relationships that are being lived in today's society. The different technological applications for sexual encounters They are becoming more common. These applications have radically facilitated the way and frequency in which sex is maintained, many times carried out without protection.
La lack of social awareness It is a problem that affects us all, for our current and future society. Therefore, the motto of World AIDS Day has been this year “People make a difference" The main objective of the campaign is that people who have the disease know it and can have access to quality assistance and prevention services so that they can have a good quality of life.
World AIDS Day has become one of the most recognized health days and represents an opportunity to remember those who have died, create awareness and celebrate victories like the access to prevention services and antiretroviral treatments.