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==HIV==
{{main|HIV/AIDS in Guatemala}}
With less thanabout 1 [[percent]] of the adult population estimated to be [[HIV]]-positive, Guatemala is considered to have a concentrated [[epidemic]].<ref name="usaid">[http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/global_health/aids/Countries/lac/guatemala_profile.pdf "Health Profile: Guatemala"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913115448/http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/global_health/aids/Countries/lac/guatemala_profile.pdf |date=13 September 2008 }}. [[United States Agency for International Development]] (June 2008). Accessed 7 September 2008. {{PD-notice}}</ref> In 2008, national HIV prevalence among sex workers is 4 percent, and among street-based female sex workers prevalence is as high as 12 percent.<ref name="usaid" /> Following national and local awareness campaigns, education on sexual health and [[condom]] distribution, the HIV prevalence rate amongst sex workers dropped to 1.6% in 2016.<ref>{{cite web |title=HIV prevalence amongst sex workers |url=http://www.aidsinfoonline.org/gam/stock/shared/vc/vcshare.html?id=d9c0ff12-f62c-44e7-8e2c-dbe736bbea30 |website=www.aidsinfoonline.org |publisher=UNAIDS |access-date=22 July 2018 |date=2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722130109/http://www.aidsinfoonline.org/gam/stock/shared/vc/vcshare.html?id=d9c0ff12-f62c-44e7-8e2c-dbe736bbea30 |archive-date=22 July 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 
==Child prostitution==