Reducing the HIV/AIDS Epidemic : Lessons from Argentina
Argentina reduced its HIV/AIDS burden by 21 percent from 2000 to 2010, saving an estimated 4,379 lives. This makes Argentina s HIV/AIDS burden the second lowest in South America after Chile. Argentina reduced the mother-to-child HIV/AIDS transmissi...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2016
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/587101468207855164/HIV-response-reducing-the-HIV-AIDS-epidemic-lessons-from-Argentina http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25481 |
| Summary: | Argentina reduced its HIV/AIDS burden by
21 percent from 2000 to 2010, saving an estimated 4,379
lives. This makes Argentina s HIV/AIDS burden the second
lowest in South America after Chile. Argentina reduced the
mother-to-child HIV/AIDS transmission rate by 62 percent
from 2000 to 2011. The National HIV/AIDS Program was created
in 1995 and has since introduced key innovations that have
contributed to the reduction of the HIV/AIDS burden in
Argentina. As of 2010, the National HIV/AIDS Program is
entirely domestically funded, and a World Bank study has
found the Program to be cost-beneficial. |
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