Evaluation of the Effectiveness of HIV Awareness Campaigns in Adolescents in the Republic of Panama

Abstract

The main objective of this review article is to: Evaluate the Effectiveness of HIV Awareness Campaigns in Adolescents in the Republic of Panama, which contains as a specific objective to define what HIV is in adolescents, determine the campaigns to raise awareness about HIV in adolescents in the Republic of Panama, detail the cases of adolescents with sexually transmitted HIV infection in Panama and finally determine the factors that explain the spread of HIV in adolescents. The qualitative-quantitative methodology, bibliographic compilation review. On the other hand, it is important to note that according to information acquired by Minsa itself that was disseminated on the occasion of World AIDS Day, in 2021, 1,804 new people were registered living with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the majority with ages between 15 and 49 years, added the health portfolio. These “recent figures” demonstrate that Panama “remains” the country with the most new HIV infections in Central America, said Dr. Cedeño when consulted by EFE about 2020 data from the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS ( UNAIDS) cited by local media that gave the country that place. At the global level, information revealed at the International AIDS Conference held in Amsterdam determines that every three minutes a teenager contracts HIV. According to UNICEF, this means that around 30 teenagers between the ages of 15 and 19 contracted HIV every hour in 2017, according to a new UNICEF report. Two thirds of the total were girls. Adolescent girls between 10 and 19 years of age represent almost two-thirds of the 3 million young people between 0 and 19 years of age living with HIV. Early sexual relations, including with older men, forced sexual relations, powerlessness to negotiate the possibility of having sexual relations, poverty and lack of access to confidential counseling and screening services are factors that explain the spread. of HIV in the Adolescent population.