The HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Latin America and Caribbean Region

Despite its shared heritage, the region of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) encompasses great diversity. Populations range from several thousands in some Caribbean island states to Brazil, with over 150 million inhabitants. The region is home to some of the most impoverished countries in the wo...

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Published inAIDS (London) Vol. 16; no. 3; pp. S1 - S2
Main Authors SCHWARTLÄNDER, Bernhard, COUTINHO, Roel, LOURES, Luiz
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hagerstown, MD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 01.12.2002
Subjects
Biological and medical sciences
Human viral diseases
Infectious diseases
Medical sciences
Tropical medicine
Viral diseases
Viral diseases of the lymphoid tissue and the blood. Aids
Caribbean Basin
America
Latin America
Infection
Epidemic
Human
Immunopathology
Viral disease
AIDS
Immune deficiency
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Summary:Despite its shared heritage, the region of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) encompasses great diversity. Populations range from several thousands in some Caribbean island states to Brazil, with over 150 million inhabitants. The region is home to some of the most impoverished countries in the world, while many others boast strong institutions, civil society groups, academic centers of excellence and health infrastructure. It is the one region of the world in which the Spanish and Portuguese languages predominate, and where the influence of the Catholic Church is most extensive. These and other factors have uniquely influenced local and national responses to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, resulting in examples of both astonishing success and disappointingly slow progress.
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ISSN:0269-9370
1473-5571
DOI:10.1097/00002030-200212003-00001