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- Targets and commitments
- 2011 Political Declaration: Targets and elimination commitments
- Reducing sexual transmission
- Preventing HIV among drug users
- Eliminating new HIV infections among children
- 15 million accessing treatment
- Avoiding TB deaths
- Closing the resource gap
- Eliminating gender inequalities
- Eliminating stigma and discrimination
- Eliminating travel restrictions
- Strengthening HIV integration
- 2011 Political Declaration: Targets and elimination commitments
The HIV epidemics in Latin America have changed little in recent years. The total number of people living with HIV continues to grow to an estimated 1.4 million in 2009 from 1.1 million in 2001 due largely to the availability of antiretroviral therapy. An estimated 92 000 new HIV infections occurred in the region in 2009.
Most of the HIV epidemics in this region are concentrated in and around networks of men who have sex with men. Social stigma, however, has kept many of these epidemics among men who have sex with men hidden and unacknowledged. There is also a notable burden of infection among injecting drug users, sex workers and the clients of sex workers.
2012 UNAIDS World AIDS Day Report
UNAIDS launched on 20 November the 2012 global report on the AIDS epidemic and the 2012 World AIDS Day report which outlines some significant progress made in the AIDS response in recent years.
Fact Sheet
This fact sheet shows the latest epidemiological trends and key regional dynamics in Central and South America.
- Fact sheet (UNAIDS, 2012)
Key publications
LCBT Communication Manual Lesbians, Gay Men, Bisexuals, Transvestites and Transsexuals (ABGLT, 2010)
The impact of the global economic crisis in Latin America
Countries in this region
Regional Support Team
- César Antonio Núñez
- Director, Regional Support Team for Latin America
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