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Educational work required at eye level
Vienna (OTS) – “Even if AIDS has disappeared from the headlines, it is still with us. In Austria there is still one new infection on average every day,” said Ralph Schallmeiner, Greens health spokesman, on the occasion of World AIDS Day today 1 December. In Austria it is assumed that there are up to 9,000 people with HIV; an average of one is added each day.
“AIDS has lost much of its horror in recent years,” concludes Schallmeiner. A wide range of medications can prevent the virus from spreading through the body, so that HIV-positive people can lead mostly normal lives. “But this has not yet defeated HIV, it is more of a deadlock between the body and the virus that is achieved through therapies,” says Schallmeiner.
Prevention is of particular importance. The virus is mainly transmitted through unprotected sex and the introduction of blood containing the virus into the bloodstream. The use of condoms, complete control of blood reserves, and the use of disposable syringes for injections are essential components for successful prevention.
This makes it even more important for Schallmeiner to do educational work with young people. As with the problems of smoking or nutrition, youth work is needed on an equal footing and not from above. Schallmeiner: “HIV is a disease in the middle of our society, and we have to fight it in exactly the same way. With education and prevention in this same center ”.
Queries and contact:
Green Club in Parliament
+ 43-1 40 110-6697
rush@gruene.at
