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My summer volunteer work at Latin America’s busiest and most modern HIV/AIDS Clinic
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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Educational Materials
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Mexico City and Surrounding Environs
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