UR celebrates HIV awareness day

The University of La Rioja (UR) and the La Rioja AIDS Commission held this Monday the first awareness-raising and education conference “Together against HIV”, which aims to promote prevention, early diagnosis and comprehensive care for affected people among universities. students.

Rector of the University of La Rioja Juan Carlos Ayala Calvo; Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences Carmen Patricia Perez Matute; Javier Pinilla Moraza, a general practitioner specializing in HIV and President of the AIDS Commission of La Rioja; and UR Faculty of Health Sciences Professor Regina Ruiz de Viñaspre Hernandez were responsible for the inauguration of this initiative, which is planned to be implemented during the current academic year in three sessions that will continue on February 18 and March 19.

Following the inauguration, the first day and session began where information on HIV infection was presented with the goal of raising awareness about the basic concepts of HIV/AIDS and its impact on global health. Later, a second session was held on HIV prevention, analyzing both pre-exposure and post-exposure prophylaxis, as well as drug use and sexual practices. Both classes were taught by Pinilla Moraza.

HIV awareness

Every year on December 1, World AIDS Day, people around the world join forces to raise awareness of what HIV/AIDS entails and show international solidarity in the face of the pandemic. In 2024, the theme of the holiday is “Let’s walk the path of rights”, which aims to address a number of issues raised around the world.

The Citizens’ Commission against AIDS of La Rioja is a non-profit association created in 1992 by a group of people, mainly health workers, aware of the problem of HIV, with the intention of responding to the needs of affected people, protecting their rights and advocating for them. Raise public awareness of the importance of this disease.

The Citizens’ Commission against AIDS of La Rioja has come a long way since its founding. Its first activities were aimed at providing psychosocial support to people affected by HIV/AIDS and home-based care, and at launching prevention and awareness campaigns aimed at both specific groups and the general population.