#BichoYyo: Why the health budget cuts are putting us at risk

This week, Argentina's President Mauricio Macri announced the reduction of half of the national ministries, including the Ministry of Health.

September 6, 2018

By Lucas Gutiérrez (text) and Jon Amarillo ( illustrations )

This week, Argentine President Mauricio Macri announced the reduction of half of the national ministries , including the Ministry of Health, which will be downgraded to a secretariat within the Ministry of Social Development. Following the announcement, which will impact public health policies, Sergio Maulen, head of the AIDS program, resigned. Officials from the department denounced that AIDS and sexually transmitted infection (STI) programs are at risk due to these austerity measures .

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BichoYYo#37: There are millions of us living with HIV. Why do we seem invisible?

Bug and I#36: Bug and I: Let's talk about other sexually transmitted infections

Bicho y yo#35: #HIV: Bicho y Yo gives you truthful info about condoms (unlike the Albino Dino)

#BichoYYo #34: “We are not finished, we are present, with information and action”

Bicho and I #33: Bicho and I to Dr. Abel Albino: “AIDS is not a virus, your words are”

Bicho and I #32: #LivingWithHIV Bicho and I and the words: “How would you prefer I call you?”

Bicho and I #31: With HIV they want me "healthy": I prefer to be a monster

Bicho and I #30: It's not our World Cup, HIV is not a game

Bicho and I #29: Bicho and I against the patriarchy: “It’s going to fall! Or better yet: we’re going to knock it down!”

Bicho and I #28: Laying the cards on the table

Bicho and I #27: The drama of the "little prick"

Bicho and I #26: Debts and progress 35 years after HIV

Bicho and I #25: #LivingWithHIV Bicho and I: From Words to Deeds

Bug and I #24: In the medical world, containment is everything

Bicho and I #23: “No one is obligated to say they live with HIV”

Bug and Me #22: Until the cure, always!

Bicho and I #21: Take a hug

Bicho and I #20: Lunch at the #BigTable

Bicho and I #19 go to the movies: 120 beats per minute

Bug and Me #18: Your question is annoying

Bicho and I #17: “Yes, I live with a strain of HIV”

Bug and I #16 “It’s not contagious!”

Bicho and I #15: #8M Three women living with HIV explain why they stop

Bicho and I #14: #LivingWithHIV “Where is Bicho?”

Bicho and I #13: “We are not carriers”

Bicho and I #12: “How can you not tell me you have a Bicho?”

Bicho and I #11: HIV and AIDS are not the same

BichoYYo#10: Bicho, me and medication: “People with HIV are much more than a pill”

BichoYYo #9: We urgently need our medication

Bicho and I #8 The Dangers of Activism

Bug and I #7 Superpowers for an X-Men cover

Bicho and I #6 “Happy New Year!”

Bicho and I #5: “Nine years with Bicho”

Bug and I #4: “The scapegoat”

Bicho and I #3 “Without Grindr there is no paradise”

Bicho and I #2 “The best thing about medication”

Bicho and I #1: the comic strip that tells in the first person what it's like to live with HIV

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