My summer volunteer work at Latin
America’s busiest and most modern
HIV/AIDS Clinic
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:
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Internal Medicine
OB-GYN
Psychiatry
Dermatology
Etc.
Focus on Prevention
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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.
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
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
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Prison program
Paps for Prostitutes
Program for Victims of Sexual Violence
Translation work
Procurer of the Federal District
Educational Materials
Mexico City and Surrounding Environs