[AIDS Prevention Group: 15 years of sustained efforts for the prevention of HIV/AIDS].

An AIDS epidemic is an important challenge to human survival. Although the prevalence in Cuba is below 0.1% in adult people, this disease is a priority problem. The AIDS Prevention Group (known as GPSIDA in Cuba) was created to contribute to the response of the Ministry of Public Health to this slow but growing epidemic. GPSIDA, made up of HIV seropositive and seronegative people, carry out actions aimed at educating the population. avoiding new infections and supporting the infected people and their relatives. This paper was intended to document the development of the group since its inception in 1991 up to 2006, that is, its first 15 years of existence. An infrastructure for GPSIDA at provincial level has been built in addition to the strengthening of the communication and exchange network. There are at present 16 AIDS prevention groups in the country that group over 300 members and 500 collaborators working for the prevention of STI and HIV/AIDS.