HIV/AIDS in Latin America

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject.

WikiProject Medicine or the Medicine Portal may be able to help recruit one.

If a more appropriate WikiProject or portal exists, please adjust this template accordingly.

In Latin America, only Guatemala and Honduras have national HIV prevalence of over 1%. In these countries, HIV-infected men outnumber HIV-infected women by roughly 3:1. Lower prevalence in other countries disguises serious, localized epidemics. In Mexico, Brazil, Colombia and Argentina, intravenous drug use and homosexual activity are the main modes of transmission, but there is concern that heterosexual activity may soon become a primary method of spreading the virus.

Brazil accounts for more than a third of all HIV infections in Latin America, with the routes of transmission including paid sex, sex between men and intravenous drug use. In the 1980s Brazil began a comprehensive AIDS prevention and treatment programme to keep AIDS in check, including the production of generic versions of anti-retroviral drugs.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

AIDS epidemic update 2005 (PDF)
Specific country data from UNAIDS
AIDSPortal Latin America page Latest research, case studies and news stories

v • d • e HIV/AIDS related topics

HIV	HIV · AIDS · HIV structure and genome · HIV test · CDC Classification System for HIV Infection · HIV disease progression rates · HIV vaccine · WHO Disease Staging System for HIV Infection and Disease · AIDS dementia complex · Antiretroviral drug · Tuberculosis (coinfection)

History	AIDS origin · AIDS pandemic · AIDS Museum · Timeline of AIDS

Culture	International AIDS Conference · International AIDS Society · World AIDS Day · Treatment Action Campaign · UNAIDS · PEPFAR · NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt · HIV and AIDS misconceptions · List of HIV-positive people · People With AIDS Self-Empowerment Movement · HIV–positive fictional characters · AIDS advocacy

AIDS pandemic in	Sub-Saharan Africa (in South Africa • Uganda) · Asia (in PR China • India • Myanmar • Pakistan • Taiwan (ROC) • Japan) · in Latin America (in Brazil) · Caribbean · Eastern Europe and Central Asia (in Russia) · Western Europe · United States · List of countries by HIV/AIDS adult prevalence rate

Denialism	AIDS denialism · Duesberg hypothesis · Group for the Scientific Reappraisal of the HIV-AIDS Hypothesis