Most dramatic is the government's HIV prevention program in the schools. On his own time, Gonzalez gives HIV prevention talks to teens in the schools. Not one school in Guaymas has rejected his talk in their biology curriculum, he says. During his descriptive discourse, Gonzalez hands out condoms and discusses sex toys. For the unemployed, they point out, medications are difficult to come by unless paid for out of pocket, which most Sonorans can't afford.
Treatment comes second.
Whether realistic or not during Mexico's current period of economic austerity, Sonorans with AIDS say for their quality of life to improve, government funds must be more equitably distributed toward hospital care, routine tests, medications and food supplements. Government health officials would argue treatment is available to those in need. They say employees working government jobs receive medical privileges. And for those without health insurance, the process may be convoluted and uncertain, but eventually treatment can be arranged. Sonorans generally travel to the U.S. for reasons other than medical treatment, says Guerrero.