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51HIV/AIDS in Ghana — PrevalenceThe HIV/AIDS epidemic in Ghana seems to be progressing slowly. The Government of Ghana estimated the number of adults and children living with HIV as of 2004 at 404,000. The Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) estimated… …
52HIV/AIDS in the Dominican Republic — PrevalenceThe adult prevalence of HIV in the Dominican Republic is 1.1 percent, and UNAIDS estimates that 66,000 Dominicans are HIV positive. Together with neighboring Haiti, it accounts for almost three quarters of the Caribbean’s HIV cases. HIV …
53HIV/AIDS in Mexico — PrevalenceWith less than 1 percent of the adult population estimated to be HIV positive, Mexico has one of the lowest HIV prevalence rates in Latin America and the Caribbean. Although the overall HIV prevalence is low, UNAIDS estimates that,… …
54HIV/AIDS in Senegal — PrevalenceAlthough it is one of the poorest countries in the world, with a per capita annual income of less than $600 in 2003, Senegal is considered one of the world’s success stories in HIV prevention. While other sub Saharan African countries… …
55HIV/AIDS in Jordan — PrevalenceJordan has low HIV/AIDS prevalence, but if preventive measures are not implemented, HIV/AIDS and other communicable diseases could increase or re emerge and have significant social and economic consequences.In 2007, there were an… …
56HIV/AIDS in Honduras — PrevalenceHonduras is home to 17% of Central America’s population. Honduras is also where 60% of the region’s HIV infections are reported. HIV is spreading slowly but steadily in many populations, and infections occur in equal proportions among… …
57HIV/AIDS in Guatemala — PrevalenceWith less than 1 percent of the adult population estimated to be HIV positive, Guatemala is considered to have a concentrated epidemic. However, Guatemala – Central America’s largest country – accounts for nearly one sixth of Central… …
58HIV/AIDS in Laos — PrevalenceThe Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) currently faces a concentrated epidemic with an adult HIV prevalence of 0.1 percent. Since the first case was identified in 1990, the number of infections has continued to grow. In 2005, UNAIDS …
59HIV/AIDS in Mali — PrevalenceThe first cases of HIV/AIDS in Mali were reported in 1985. While the adult HIV prevalence was still relatively low at 1.7% according to the 2001 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS), it is estimated that HIV prevalence in the general… …
60HIV/AIDS in East Timor — PrevalenceTimor Leste is a low HIV prevalence country with less than 0.2 percent of the adult population estimated to be HIV positive. However, social factors such as massive social dislocation, cross border migration, high unemployment, and a… …
