Integrating sexology education into psychiatry training: Perspectives from the USA. In most of the world transmission of HIV is predominantly sexual and in a smaller proportion, perinatal. While notions of protected sexual activity to prevent the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections were built into the modern definitions of sexual health, the way health systems are organized in most countries (and the way international aid is delivered), has persistently undermined efforts of integrating HIV/STI prevention into sexual and reproductive health programs.
In this discussion we will draw upon examples of how these obstacles are configured and operate in Latin America. We will also discuss recent efforts to overcome such barriers and foster integration, both within the health sector and across governmental sectors (particularly across health and education).
Conflict of Interest: None disclosed
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Recorded at the the 19th WAS World Congress for Sexual Health - Sexual Health & Rights: A Global ChallengeGöteborg (Sweden) - June 21 – 25, 2009
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