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My summer volunteer work at Latin America’s busiest and most modern HIV/AIDS Clinic

My summer volunteer work at Latin America’s busiest and most modern HIV/AIDS Clinic in Mexico City, serving a population of around 20 million. The Clinic offers multi-specialty care with a focus on prevention through educational materials, seminars, and providing condoms and tests. It treats thousands of patients, including inmates, sex workers, and victims of sexual violence. The clinic is overseen by CENSIDA, providing universal access to ART through the National Health System. My experience included working with different programs and providing translation services.

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My summer volunteer work at Latin America’s busiest and most modern HIV/AIDS Clinic

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  1. My summer volunteer work at Latin America’s busiest and most modern HIV/AIDS Clinic

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. Educational Materials

  7. Mexico City and Surrounding Environs

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