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Clinical Management
Clinical Management
HIV Epidemiology in Latin America/Caribbean
| HIV/AIDS in Latin America -- 2007 | |
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Adults and children living with HIV | 1.6 million |
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Adult and child deaths from AIDS | 58,000 |
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Adults and children newly infected with HIV | 100,000 |
Statistics from UNAIDS. For full report, click here. (PDF)
Overview
- Fact Sheet: HIV/AIDS In Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean and Globally (July 25, 2008)
To read PDF, click here
From International AIDS Society - Epidemiological Fact Sheets by Country (2008)
Each fact sheet provides the most recent country-specific data on HIV/AIDS and STI prevalence and incidence, a short assessment of the country's epidemiological situation, and information on knowledge and behaviors that can spur or stem the transmission of HIV.
From UNAIDS, UNICEF and World Health Organization - South America: Access to AIDS Meds Drives Down Mortality (July 9, 2007)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Fact Sheet: AIDS Epidemic in Latin America (PDF) (December 2006)
A brief overview of the effects of HIV/AIDS in Latin America.
From UNAIDS - HIV Stories From Latin America: Three Women Speak About Their Struggle (December 1, 2006)
From BBC News - House Passes Central American Free Trade Agreement; AIDS Advocates Say Agreement Could Threaten Treatment Access (July 28, 2005)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Africa: Children's Access to Prophylaxis May Improve After Medical Study, New WHO Recommendations (December 31, 2004)
WHO, UNAIDS and UNICEF recommend the cheap antibiotic co-trimoxazole for all children with HIV symptoms in poor countries, but activists say the move may be too little, too late.
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News - CDC Director Discusses HIV Care Priorities in Developing World (October 2004)
By Julie Gerberding, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In PLoS Medicine - Press Briefing with Joep Lange, M.D., and Dan Kuritzkes, M.D., on Concerns Regarding the Scale-Up of Antiretrovirals in Developing Countries (Summer 2004)
This briefing took place at the XV International AIDS Conference on July 15, 2004.
In Positives for Positives, from Wyoming: Positives for Positives - Large Mother-Child HIV Prevention Programs Can Work in Developing World, Study Says (January 27, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ACTing UP for Treatment Access in Latin America (September 2003)
Examples of "best-case" scenarios for treatment access in Costa Rica, Panama and Honduras.
In TAGline, from Treatment Action Group - Antiretroviral Therapy in Latin America: North of the Southern Cone, a Good Plan Is Hard to Find (September 2003)
In TAGline, from Treatment Action Group - Latin America Schemes to Provide Care -- Without Pissing Off Uncle Sam (September 2003)
In TAGline, from Treatment Action Group - Tragical Realism: Treatment Coverage for Selected Countries (September 2003)
A chart outlining the number of HIV-positive people in Latin American countries who are, and are not, receiving treatment.
In TAGline, from Treatment Action Group - Latin American Nations Win Price Cuts on HIV Drugs (June 16, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Report: Documents Show Bayer Unit Sold HIV-Risky Blood-Clotting Medicine Abroad (May 22, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - World Health Organization Hopes to Double AIDS Treatment in Latin America (March 20, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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