Damien Center to launch Latinx program to curb number of HIV infections

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Thanks to assistance wealth from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Damien Center volition beryllium launching the Latinx Prevention Program to assistance Latino men affected by HIV.

The halfway says its programme volition assistance trim the fig of caller HIV infections successful Marion County, summation entree to care, and beforehand “health equity” and disparities successful attraction for Latinx men who person enactment with men. The Latinx colonisation is some underserved and heavy impacted by HIV.

HIV is dispersed astir often done intersexual contact; shared oregon contaminated needles oregon syringes; infected humor oregon humor products; and from infected women to their babies astatine commencement oregon done breastfeeding.

“For Latinx populations, it’s often precise hard to entree systems of care. Sometimes, determination aren’t the connection services oregon the taste competency determination and sometimes it doesn’t consciousness harmless to spell to immoderate larger systems. What we privation to bash is supply a safe, homey environment,” said Alan Witchey, the president and main enforcement serviceman of the Damien Center.

The halfway volition person $2,208,125 implicit 5 years.

The halfway aims to summation receipt of HIV aesculapian attraction and antiretroviral therapy (ART) among persons with recently diagnosed HIV; summation entree to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), ; summation entree to condoms; summation wellness section and assemblage engagement; among different things.

PrEP is medicine radical astatine hazard for HIV instrumentality to forestall getting HIV from enactment oregon injection cause use.

The assistance already has allowed the halfway to prosecute six caller employees for this program, which is expected to rotation retired successful November.