Health service agents will remind us that if the disease is under control, for its most lethal forms and the dangerousness of its transmission, AIDS is far, very far from having disappeared: “Every year, in Belgium, more than 500 people are still diagnosed with HIV. And the number of other STIs, such as hepatitis, syphilis, chlamydia, which also affect the entire population, is still increasing. Just one word: protecting yourself and others must be a reflex!”.
With numerous partners, including IST-SIDA Charleroi-Mons, MJ Sector 42, La Bulle family planning, Espace P and Maison Arc-en-Ciel, the operation will serve as a reminder that the fight continues, while protecting ourselves but also by screening and, if necessary, by resorting to appropriate treatments: if the ravages of AIDS are known, the population may be unaware that certain STIs can cause sterility or trigger cancer.
This Wednesday 27, it will be the first visible part of this 2024 awareness campaign: young people from the Sector 42 youth center will travel through the busy and shopping streets of the intra-ring to distribute condoms and red ribbons to citizens. . Friday, November 29, time for the second visibility action for the general public: information stands on sexually transmitted infections will be set up at Shopping Rive Gauche. Near the shopping center, the Médibus will be parked, to offer free screenings all day long to anyone who comes there.
Finally, throughout the weekend, red ribbons, symbols of the fight against AIDS and STIs, will be distributed, along with condoms, in the stalls of the Christmas market.
