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HIV/AIDS in Latin American countries : the challenges ahead

Cowgill, Karen, Garcia-Abreu, Anabela, World Bank. Human Development Network, Noguer, Isabel

2003

Overview

Compared to most countries in Africa and to nearby islands in the Caribbean, most Latin American countries have not faced a full-scale AIDS epidemic—yet. A number of recent trends suggest, however, that if Latin America does not take appropriate prevention measures soon, incidence levels could reach epidemic proportions. Sound and timely policies can limit the current and future impact of HIV/AIDS on Latin American health care systems, economies, and societies. Many countries in Latin America have shown their willingness to address the scope and special nature of the HIV/AIDS problem; since the late 1980s these countries have developed new structures and the groundwork needed for community responses. However, many challenges still lie ahead. HIV/AIDS in Latin American Countries presents new and updated information about the extent and trends of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Latin America; it evaluates current national surveillance capacities, and assesses the national responses of the health sector to the epidemic on a country-by-country basis. Based on analyses of secondary information and on new World Bank–sponsored research and country-level data, the study looks at 17 countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, República Bolivariana de Venezuela, and Uruguay.

• Publisher: World Bank,The World Bank,Washington, DC: World Bank
• Subject: ACCESS TO SERVICES / ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME / ADOLESCENTS / AIDS / AIDS (Disease) -- Latin America / AIDS CARE / AIDS DISEASE / AIDS EPIDEMIC / AIDS INCIDENCE / BIOLOGICAL MARKERS / BLOOD DONORS / BLOOD SAFETY / BLOOD SUPPLY / CASES OF AIDS / COMMERCIAL SEX / COMMERCIAL SEX WORKER / COMMERCIAL SEX WORKERS / COMMUNITY HEALTH / CONDOMS / DECISION MAKING / DISCRIMINATION / DRUG USERS / EARLY DETECTION / EPIDEMIC DISEASES / EPIDEMICS / EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEILLANCE / EPIDEMIOLOGY / EXPENDITURES / FIRST INTERCOURSE / GENDER / Gesundheitspolitik / GOVERNANCE CAPACITY / HEALTH / HEALTH CARE / HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS / HEALTH FACILITIES / HEALTH POLICY / HEALTH SECTOR / HEALTH SERVICE MANAGEMENT / HEALTH SERVICES / HETEROSEXUAL SEX / HIGH RISK SEXUAL BEHAVIOR / HIGH-RISK / HIGH-RISK GROUPS / HIGH-RISK POPULATIONS / HIV / HIV INFECTION / HIV INFECTIONS / HIV PREVENTION / HIV TESTING / HIV TRANSMISSION / HOMOSEXUALITY / HOSPITALS / HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS / HUMAN RIGHTS / IMMUNE DEFICIENCY / IMMUNE SYSTEM / IMMUNITY / IMMUNODEFICIENCY / INJECTING DRUG USE / INJECTING DRUG USERS / INSURANCE / INTEGRATION / INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS / LABORATORIES / Lateinamerika / Latin America / MALNUTRITION / MASS MEDIA / MATERNAL HEALTH / MATERNAL MORTALITY / MODE OF TRANSMISSION / MORTALITY / MOTHER-TO-CHILD / NATIONAL CAPACITIES / NEW INFECTIONS / NGOS / NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS / NURSES / NUTRITION / PATIENTS / PATIENTS PER MONTH / PHYSICIANS / POLICY RESEARCH / POLITICAL PROBLEMS / PREGNANT WOMEN / PREVENTION EFFORTS / PREVENTION INTERVENTIONS / PREVENTION OF MOTHER / PREVENTION OF MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION / PREVENTIVE HIV AIDS VACCINES / PRISONS / PROPHYLAXIS / PUBLIC HEALTH / REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH / RESPONSE TO AIDS / RISK BEHAVIORS / RISK GROUPS / RISK POPULATIONS / RURAL COMMUNITIES / SAFETY / SERVICE DELIVERY / SEX WITH MEN / SEX WORKERS / SEXUAL BEHAVIORS / SEXUAL EDUCATION / SEXUAL ORIENTATION / SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS / SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH / SOCIAL MOBILIZATION / SOCIAL PROBLEMS / SOCIAL SERVICES / SOCIAL SERVICES ACCESS / SOCIAL SUPPORT / STIS / STRATEGIES FOR PREVENTION / SURVEILLANCE ACTIVITIES / TRANSMISSION / TUBERCULOSIS / UNAIDS / URBAN AREAS / VIOLENCE / VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN / VIRAL LOAD / WORK ENVIRONMENT / WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION / YOUNG PEOPLE HIV AIDS INFECTIONS
• ISBN: 9780821353646, 0821353640