Dominican Republic HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Project : Initial Results
The Dominican Republic has 120,000 persons living with AIDS (PLWAs), 9 times the total number of reported cases. About 20,000 people have died from AIDS in the last decade. HIV/AIDS is the leading cause of death among women of reproductive age. Pre...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/07/5436209/dominican-republic-hivaids-prevention-control-project-initial-results http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10353 |
| Summary: | The Dominican Republic has 120,000
persons living with AIDS (PLWAs), 9 times the total number
of reported cases. About 20,000 people have died from AIDS
in the last decade. HIV/AIDS is the leading cause of death
among women of reproductive age. Prevalence is highest (5
percent of adults) among low-income groups that include many
Haitian immigrants living in rural communities and working
in sugar cane plantations. Prevalence among female
commercial sex workers is about 8 percent, reaching 12
percent in some cities. Tuberculosis (TB) is the largest
opportunistic infection for PLWAs. PAHO estimates that over
100 persons per 100,000 are infected with TB, versus 2.6 per
100,000 in Barbados and 4.9 per 100,000 in Jamaica. The
5,320 reported cases in the Dominican Republic are among the
highest in the Latin America and Caribbean region. |
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