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	AIDS in Latin America and the Caribbean
		EARLY REPORTS OF AIDS The existence of HIV was first identified among populations throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, as it was in North America and sub-Saharan Africa, in the early 1980s.
		In Latin America and the Caribbean, AIDS was initially treated, generally, as a disease of foreigners (associated with Europe and the United States, where the epidemic was more advanced).
		Indeed, over the course of the 1980s throughout most of Latin America and the Caribbean, such attitudes contributed to a climate of official denial and neglect, coupled with diverse forms of discrimination against people living with AIDS or thought to be at risk of infection.
	www.africana.com /research/encarta/tt_690.asp (1520 words)

	Latin America still not faced a large-scale AIDS epidemic
		Although the risk patterns that favor the expansion of HIV are very widespread, the majority of the countries of Latin America have still not faced a large-scale AIDS epidemic, according to a publication by the Pan American Health Organization and the World Bank.
		The challenge is to ensure that AIDS does not continue to devastate generations in the most productive stages of the life cycle, which could threaten the important achievements in life expectancy and quality of life that have been hit in recent decades in the region, she added.
		Latin America, with PAHO at the forefront, has been leading efforts to expand access to antiretroviral therapy for the people who live with the virus, in line with global initiatives.
	www.news-medical.net /print_article.asp?id=3563 (730 words)

	AIDS spreading in Latin America
		BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 19 — Latin America has not experienced a full-blown AIDS epidemic, but the disease is spreading into the general population from high-risk individuals, according to a World Bank report released Tuesday.
		Latin American countries are increasing efforts to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS, but these measures are hampered by inadequate resources, underreporting of the disease, inadequate health care and social prejudices, the report said.
		Approximately 130,000 adults and children were infected with HIV in 2001, and 80,000 died of AIDS, according to the study.
	www.blackherbals.com /aids_spreading_in_latin_america.htm (450 words)

	HIV Report January 2001 - The Global HIV Pandemic: Lessons from the Past and Glimpses into the Future (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This impact of AIDS has reverberated through every sector of the society, from health to agriculture, education, and the private sector, and is draining economies of the vital resources and the contributions of a whole generation.
		In AIDS we face a war more debilitating than war itself, because in so many countries it is seldom spoken of, because it does not catch the headlines, because the voices of its victims do not reach the corridors of power.
		As in Africa, the heterosexual epidemic in Latin America and the Caribbean is driven by the deadly combination of early sexual activity, lack of condom use, and frequent partner exchange by young people.
	www.hopkins-aids.edu /publications/report/jan01_4.html (2477 words)

	CNN.com - Latin America, Caribbean not confronting AIDS crisis, says U.N. - November 6, 2000
		Latin America, Caribbean not confronting AIDS crisis, says U.N. RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) -- Latin America and the Caribbean are facing a growing AIDS epidemic and must tackle controversial issues like gay sex and condom use if they are going to stop its spread, the United Nations said Monday.
		The incidence of the virus among gays throughout Latin America is particularly high, for example.
		Latin America's biggest country, which had one of the highest HIV rates in the world in 1985, openly tackled the crisis, working closely with nongovernmental organizations and local officials to decide where funding would best be applied.
	www.cnn.com /2000/WORLD/americas/11/06/aids.latam.reut/index.html (702 words)

	World AIDS Epidemic Growing At 'Lightning Speed' - 40 Million Infected
		In Western Europe, as in other high-income countries, AIDS is also on the rise, UNAIDS said, as the safe-sex message fades and therapies that prolong lives are mistaken for cures.
		In Latin America, heterosexual sex remains the main mode of HIV transmission, in contrast to industrialized nations where male homosexual contact remains the chief cause of infection.
		AIDS is a syndrome, a combination of illnesses.
	www.rense.com /general17/worldAIDSepidemic.htm (678 words)

	Aid for AIDS >> Pressroom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		HIV/AIDS in Latin American Countries: The Challenges Ahead presents the results of a detailed examination conducted in the 17 countries that span the region from Mexico to Argentina.
		But under-reporting is so common that researchers calculate that Latin America is likely to have 30 percent more cases of AIDS and 40 percent more cases of HIV than existing statistics show.
		Latin America-wide statistics mask wide disparities in the extent HIV penetration and in the level and quality of response.
	www.aidforaids.org /pressroom/press19.php (812 words)

	Aid for AIDS
		AID FOR AIDS is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization committed to improving the quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS in Latin America and the Caribbean and to empower them and their caregivers by providing access to medications, medical monitoring and treatment/prevention education and by promoting leadership and capacity building.
		For the vast majority of individuals living in Latin America and the Caribbean, infection with HIV remains a death sentence.
		Within the New York City metropolitan area, AID FOR AIDS also provides case management services for HIV-infected Latin American and Caribbean immigrants and serves as a liaison between these individuals and specialized social workers adept at linking immigrants to medical care and pharmaceutical assistance programs.
	www.aidforaids.org (328 words)

	AIDS on the Rise
		AS WORLD AIDS DAY is marked on December 1, health authorities warn the disease is reaching epidemic proportions in new parts of the world.
		The "AIDS Epidemic Update" released each year by the United Nations and the World Health Organization states that some 40 million people around the world are living with AIDS or HIV.
		AIDS is a leading cause of death in Haiti and the Bahamas, which are the most affected Caribbean nations.
	www.infoplease.com /spot/aidsday1.html (713 words)

	The FTAA, Access to HIV/AIDS Treatment, and Human Rights (Human Rights Watch Press release, October 29, 2002)
		Latin America and the Caribbean still have an opportunity to avert an AIDS epidemic of the nature and scale witnessed in sub-Saharan Africa.
		The cost of impeding access to available and affordable AIDS medication is the sickness and premature death of millions of adults in the prime of their lives, with disastrous consequences for their children and their communities.
		While access to affordable antiretroviral therapy is not a complete solution to these problems, it prolongs the lives of parents and extended families members, strengthens their ability to support their families and communities, and reduces much of the discrimination and stigma associated with the disease.
	www.hrw.org /press/2002/10/ftaa1029-bck.htm (3062 words)

	amfAR Global Initiatives
		Caribbean governments have been late in responding to AIDS and critics claim that it was not until it was clear that AIDS was primarily affecting heterosexuals that political leaders made concerted efforts to curb the spread of HIV.
		The epidemic in Latin America is highly diverse, with variations in prevalence and transmission.
		While the epidemic is varied in Latin America, there are several factors which are believed to be playing a decisive role in the spread of HIV across the region.
	www.amfar.org /cgi-bin/iowa/programs/globali/record.html?record=128 (1397 words)

	NCCCUSA Word on the Occasion of 13th World AIDS Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		We remember those who have lost their lives to AIDS and we embrace the hope awakened in the international and U.S. consciousness to respond.
		We have named the AIDS crisis, especially in Africa, as one of our top advocacy priorities, and have been active in efforts to support meaningful national and global AIDS-response initiatives.
		World AIDS Day, we also encourage everyone to participate in appropriate commemorative programs and, and urge that throughout the year, everyone reach out to protect and educate our people, and to provide hope and help to all who are living with HIV and AIDS.
	www.ncccusa.org /publicwitness/aidsday.html (360 words)

	Brazil Becomes Model In AIDS Fight
		Brazil (Reuters) - When the AIDS epidemic first began spreading across the globe in the 1980's, Brazil was one of the worst hit countries.
		Brazil was chosen to host the first forum on AIDS in Latin America and the Caribbean this week and is leading efforts to buy AIDS drugs in bulk for the region and force prices down.
		The spread of AIDS has dropped off among gays and drug users, but a new study shows housewives in small towns are the latest victims.
	www.rense.com /general5/brazil.htm (502 words)

	The NYC HIV/AIDS picture does not look promising for Latinos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		For heterosexual women with AIDS in NYC, the rate has grown from 25% of all women with AIDS in 1986 to 39% in 1998; in the same period the proportion of IV-drug using women has declined from 68% to 45% (NYCDOH, 1999).
		As the leading cause of death among Latinas between ages 25 and 34, AIDS is projected to become the leading cause of death among minority women of childbearing age in the 21st century (Chu, Buehler, & Berkelman, 1990).
		We are challenged to understand and respond to the increasing complexity of AIDS morbidity, immigration patterns, changes in medical treatment anticipated with forced Medicaid managed care for AIDS patients, and the segmentation of poverty among Latino nationalities.
	www.naswnyc.org /h1.html (946 words)

	AIDS: The Challenge - A special edition about World AIDS Day 2001 in Latin America and the Caribbean
		The number of Latin Americans with HIV/AIDS who receive medical attention through state programmes and who have access to adequate treatment is growing, but many are still out of the loop.
		Latin American women and men with HIV/AIDS talk about their state of mind and their hopes.
		When they were first diagnosed with the virus, some as long as 15 years ago, they felt as if the earth opened under their feet.
	www.ipsnews.net /aids/index.shtml (357 words)

	'Realities' of AIDS epidemic shared at IHV science meeting
		He is a veteran AIDS epidemiologist who with NCI in the mid-1980's helped define HIV transmission routes in the population.
		However, speakers from the developing nations warned that scientific "interventions"--such as the AIDS vaccines entering clinical trials in several nations of Africa, Asia, and Latin America, and the reduction in costs of anti-HIV drug therapies--although promising, are not clear cut answers in all the hot spots of the epidemic.
		For full story of the discussion of AIDS scientists and leaders fighting AIDS in the Third World: www.umbi.umd.edu.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2000-09/UoMB-oAes-2609100.php (393 words)

	HIV Report Sept 2002 - The Global HIV/AIDS Pandemic 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		On the eve of the XIV International AIDS Conference in Barcelona, UNAIDS released its “Report on the Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic, 2002.” This is the most comprehensive and detailed report on the epidemic that has ever been released by either the World Health Organization or UNAIDS.
		According to Piot, “The scale of the AIDS crisis now outstrips even the worst case scenarios of a decade ago.” Without effective treatment and care, over the next decade millions more will join the ranks of the more than 20 million people who have died of AIDS since the first reported cases in 1981.
		Both individuals called AIDS a threat to the world’s economic well-being and said it was the job of the rich nations to live up to their promise to contribute to the global fund.
	www.hopkins-aids.edu /publications/report/sept02_5.html (2510 words)

	HIV/AIDS prevention in Peru /01.03.05
		Christian Aid partner IEME — the Spanish Institute of Foreign Missions – runs ‘health houses’ and provides basic health care and health education on HIV/AIDS in the Peruvian city of Ica and in the surrounding rural areas.
		In Ica, where we work, the official figures say there are 400 people with AIDS but we believe the figure is nearer to 5,000.
		World AIDS Day is an important opportunity for us to make ourselves heard.
	www.christianaid.org.uk /world/where/lac/partners/0502lourdes.htm (510 words)

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		They died as martyrs, unnecessarily, because the medications that would have saved their lives are withheld from them by those who hold power, an elitist group of physicians and bureaucrats masquerading as "health care" leaders.
		The Barcelona World AIDS conference looms on the horizon as the major international event of 2002, but it is not clear to what extent Conference organizers will make saving the lives of those who do not have medications a conference priority.
		The Durban World AIDS Conference in 2000 focused the world's attention on the plight of those who live in Africa's poorest nations, and the Barcelona Conference offers a chance to focus on other areas of the world where access to treatment is still unavailable.
	www.cptech.org /ip/health/aids/stern01072002.html (1339 words)

	Latin America, Caribbean Receive New Grants to Fight HIV/AIDS
		In a breakdown of the two-year grants, the Global Fund said Guatemala and Suriname were awarded about $9.7 million and $3 million, respectively, to fight malaria, while Guyana and Ecuador were awarded over $726,000 and $8.9 million, respectively, for fighting tuberculosis.
		The United States is the largest donor to the Global Fund, having pledged nearly $2 billion of the $5.4 billion pledged to date by all nations, corporations, individuals and charitable foundations.
		The $2.7 billion is part of the president's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, a five-year, $15 billion initiative in countries in Africa and the Caribbean to turn the tide in the global effort to combat the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
	usinfo.state.gov /xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2004&m=July&x=20040707172914AEneerG0.7472498&t=livefeeds/wf-latest.html (806 words)

	The Body: AIDS Experts: Spend Funds More Wisely to Fight Epidemic in Latin America Region
		Latin American and Caribbean countries must double the $1.2 billion they spend yearly in fighting AIDS to treat the disease effectively and keep it from spreading, an official said at a UN conference Tuesday in Havana.
		There are nearly 2 million people with HIV/AIDS in Latin America and the Caribbean, regional AIDS specialists said.
		With an adult HIV incidence of 2.3 percent, the Caribbean is second only to sub-Saharan Africa in scope and impact of the epidemic, according to UNAIDS.
	www.thebody.com /cdc/news_updates_archive/2003/apr10_03/latin_america_aids.html (380 words)

	Press Kit World AIDS Day - Fact Sheets - HIV/AIDS in Latin America and the Caribbean (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		By year's end some 1.8 million adults and children were estimated to be living with HIV or AIDS, compared with 1.7 million at the end of 1999.
		Rates are generally highest in Central America and the Caribbean, where HIV is spreading mainly through sex between men and women.
		It is estimated that 74,000 Haitian children had lost their mothers to AIDS by the end of 1999.
	www.unaids.org /wac/2000/wad00/files/FS_LA_Caribbean.htm (838 words)

	Brazil sets example for taming AIDS in Latin America (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A decade ago, health experts predicted an AIDS explosion in Latin America, striking hardest at Brazil, with its teeming population and sexual permissiveness.
		In Latin America and the Caribbean, about 400,000 people are believed to need AIDS drugs and about 55 percent are getting them.
		Also contributing to Brazil's success is its frank, often graphic AIDS propaganda, and the distribution of millions of free condoms at festivals such as the Mardi Gras carnival.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2004/07/05/international1401EDT0577.DTL (667 words)

	washingtonpost.com: National Special Report: The New World of AIDS
		For most of the 15 years since AIDS entered our vocabulary, this odd acronym built around a word for help has been the quintessential symbol for helplessness.
		Gone also, in some places at least, is the sense of impotence many AIDS sufferers, and the doctors who cared for them, felt as they faced the disease.
		The monotonous pessimism AIDS called forth in the early years of the epidemic has been replaced by a diverse mix of hope, accommodation and resignation.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/national/longterm/aids/aids1.htm (556 words)

	International Community Must Mobilize Resources To Help Combat HIV/AIDS In The Developing World
		USAID contributions for AIDS showed a steady increase from 1988-93, but over the past five years the funding has remained flat, Morin noted.
		Much of this work is done in collaboration with individual nations and focuses on systematic testing of promising HIV prevention interventions, such as vaccine development, reducing mother-to-child transmission of HIV, controlling the spread of STDs, and changing high-risk behavior patterns.
		A key component of the global AIDS effort is an international training and research program for health professionals coordinated by the Fogarty International Center at NIH.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/1998-07/UoCS-ICMM-020798.php (549 words)

	The GULLY \| NYC \| AIDS Activists First in WEC Brig
		The changing face of AIDS and queer organizing in Latin America.
		Effect of the AIDS epidemic and the foreign funding in Central America.
		Bush intends to cut the U.S. contribution to the Global AIDS Fund to only $200 million for 2003, even though the World Health Organization believes that $12 billion is needed to address AIDS, TB and malaria worldwide.
	www.thegully.com /essays/america/nyc/020202_WEF_global_AIDS.html (238 words)

	The Body: World Health Organization Hopes to Double AIDS Treatment in Latin America
		The World Health Organization hopes to double the number of people receiving AIDS treatment in Latin America by 2005, Bernard Schwartlander, head of WHO's HIV/AIDS department, said on March 12.
		About 1 million people in Latin America are infected with HIV, but only 200,000 receive the life-extending drugs.
		Annual AIDS deaths in Brazil have fallen from 11,024 to 4,136 in just four years, thanks largely to the free medicine.
	www.thebody.org /cdc/news_updates_archive/2003/mar20_03/who_aids.html (401 words)

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