Fighting HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean

In the Caribbean, HIV/AIDS has become the major cause of death among men under the age of 45. Official figures show more than 360,000 people living with AIDS, but estimates place the number at over 500,000 due to underreporting. More than 80,000 ch...

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Main Author:	Marquez, Patricio
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	HIV INFECTIONS ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME STRATEGIC PLANNING DISEASE PREVENTION & CONTROL GOVERNMENT COMMITMENTS DISEASE TRANSMISSION DISCRIMINATION BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS DISEASE TREATMENT VULNERABLE GROUPS DISEASE SURVEILLANCE MONITORING & EVALUATION INFORMATION DISSEMINATION HUMAN RIGHTS HEALTH REFORM ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME VACCINES COUNSELING CONDOM PROMOTION PEER MONITORING SEX EDUCATION PHARMACEUTICALS TARGETED ASSISTANCE DISEASE RESEARCH TECHNICAL COOPERATION VENEREAL DISEASES TUBERCULOSIS ADOLESCENT ADOLESCENTS AGED AIDS PATIENTS BEHAVIOR CHANGE CARE SERVICES CASES OF HIV COMMERCIAL SEX COMMERCIAL SEX WORKERS CONDOM USE CONDOMS DRUG USERS DRUGS EPIDEMIOLOGY ESSENTIAL DRUGS FIRST SEX HEALTH HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH PROFESSIONALS HEALTH PROGRAMS HEALTH SYSTEM HIGH RISK GROUPS HIGH-RISK HIGH-RISK GROUPS HIV HIV POSITIVE HIV PREVALENCE HIV PREVALENCE RATE HIV TRANSMISSION HOME CARE INFECTION RATES INFECTIONS INNOVATION LIFE EXPECTANCY MORBIDITY MORTALITY MOTHER-TO-CHILD MOTHERS NEW INFECTIONS NUTRITION OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS PARTNERSHIP PATIENTS PREGNANT WOMEN PRENATAL CARE PREVENTION AND CARE PREVENTION INTERVENTIONS PREVENTION OF MOTHER PRIVATE SECTOR QUALITY OF LIFE RISK BEHAVIORS RISK GROUPS SCREENING SEX WITH MEN SEX WORKERS SEXUAL HEALTH SEXUAL HEALTH EDUCATION SEXUAL INTERCOURSE STIS SYPHILIS TREATMENT AND CARE TUBERCULOSIS UNAIDS VACCINE TRIALS VOLUNTARY TESTING VULNERABLE POPULATIONS YOUNG PEOPLE YOUTH YOUTH LEADERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/06/1977233/fighting-hivaids-caribbean http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10409

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Summary:	In the Caribbean, HIV/AIDS has become the major cause of death among men under the age of 45. Official figures show more than 360,000 people living with AIDS, but estimates place the number at over 500,000 due to underreporting. More than 80,000 children have been orphaned by the epidemic, and the infection rate is estimated to have reached 12 percent in some urban areas, spreading in many countries from high-risk groups to the general population. The Caribbean Regional Strategic Plan of Action for HIV/AIDS will support national programs based on the countries' own needs. While the general population will benefit from a reduction in the rate of new infections, the program will particularly benefit high-risk groups and the 300,000-500,000 people living with HIV/AIDS, by increasing their care quality and coverage. The program (see Table 1, on back page) will focus its support on a participatory approach to facilitate government work in partnership with patients, community groups, religious organizations, NGOs, health professionals and the private sector. The five-year program includes: Communications campaigns to raise awareness; scaling up prevention activities, at the national and community levels; strengthening care of people living with HIV/AIDS by improving treatment, including sexually transmitted infections and opportunistic infections like tuberculosis; supporting research and surveillance; and capacity building to improve program coordination and resource management.

Fighting HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean

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