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This article provides statistics which show how and why HIV prevalence among young people is falling. The article shows statistics in different regions and countries of the world where young people are living with HIV. Then, the article gives statistics about what kind of young people are at higher risk of HIV: sex workers, homosexuals, and injecting drug users. The article explains, through statistics, what is fueling the epidemic and what programs can work. …
The authors assessed the effect of HIV status disclosure on retention in care from initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) among HIV-infected children ages 10 years or more in Cote d'Ivoire, Mali and Senegal. They conducted a multi-center cohort study within five pediatric clinics participating in the IeDEA West Africa collaboration. …
As the HIV epidemic matures, survival of children with perinatally acquired HIV infection into adolescence is increasingly being documented in sub-Saharan African countries. In addition, the burden of HIV in the adolescent patient population in the region is also due to sexual transmission, with adolescents and young adults being particularly vulnerable to this mode of infection. HIV care and treatment services in the region need to adapt to adequately meet the specific needs of this expanding disease burden among adolescents. …
UNAIDS Outlook Report explores new ideas and ways to use the data collected in the AIDS Epidemic Update companion report. It is clear that the HIV epidemic the world faces today is not the same as when it was at its peak in 1996. The number of people living with HIV has continued to grow, albeit less rapidly. The way we respond today needs to keep pace with and overtake the epidemic if we are to see a real change in people's lives, aspirations and futures.
Estudio de prevalencia de VIH en grupos vulnerables (hombres que tienen sexo con hombres, trabajadores sexuales y usuarios de drogas) y embarazadas en Argentina. Determinación de incidencia y resistencia al VIH. Descripción detallada por provincias, estadísticas de prevalencia, prácticas de riesgo y prevención.
Dos largas décadas de experiencia con el VIH/SIDA han demostrado que nada reemplaza un plan nacional sobre SIDA que involucre de manera proactiva a todos los actores - el gobierno nacional y las autoridades comunales, las organizaciones de la sociedad civil, el sector privado, los medios de comunicación, las iglesias y las organizaciones internacionales. …
El presente diagnóstico describe la situación socioeconómica en que se encuentran las mujeres que viven con VIH/SIDA en nuestro país, problemática que no ha sido abordada por otros estudios. De acuerdo al control epidemiológico de la Comisión Nacional de SIDA (CONASIDA) del Ministerio de Salud, una de las características de esta pandemia en Chile -al igual que en otros países del mundo- es la tendencia a la feminización, lo que guarda relación con la vulnerabilidad sociocultural en la que se encuentran las mujeres producto de los patrones de género establecidos en nuestra sociedad.
