Epidemiological Overview HIV-AIDS in the Microregion of Varginha (MG)

Abstract

Since the emergence of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), with the consequent development of the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in the 1980s, the identification of the infection has been a milestone for science and is considered a public health problem. Currently, about 38 million people live with HIV/AIDS in the world, of which 920,000 of these people are in Brazil, in the micro-region of Varginha (Varginha, Três Corações, Três Pontas, Campos Gerais, Boa Esperança, Elói Mendes , Campanha, Guapé, Ilicínea, Carmo da Cachoeira, Campo do Meio, Coqueiral, Monsenhor Paulo, Santana da Vargem, São Thomé das Letras and São Bento Abade), with an estimated population of 478 thousand inhabitants, between 2010 and 2020, 510 people were diagnosed with HIV and 533 people living with AIDS. In this way, the present article aimed to carry out a survey of epidemiological data on HIV/AIDS in the last 10 years, on platforms made available by the Government, and to relate it to the variables of sex and age, where it was possible to observe a masculinization of cases, with higher prevalence in the age group of 30 to 39 years in the general population. The importance of understanding the infection at its beginning is essential for diagnosis, since it allows alternative therapeutic decisions to be made, avoiding exacerbated viral replication, mitigating the AIDS pathology picture and its subsequent systemic damage to the body, which promotes greater expenses for the patient's public agencies. Therefore, the epidemiological study of HIV/AIDS is of great importance, as it can assist in the development of effective programs to control the infection by governments, in addition to contributing to the control and awareness of vulnerable populations, bringing benefits to public health in the region.