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Kingston – Four decades after the first cases of AIDS were reported, new data from UNAIDS show that dozens of countries achieved or exceed the 2020 targets set by the United Nations General Assembly in 2016. The report shows that countries with progressive laws and policies and strong and inclusive health systems have had the best outcomes against HIV. In those countries, people living with and affected by HIV are … ....
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AIDS-related deaths in Caribbean decline by 51 per cent UNAIDS report Thursday, June 03, 2021
KINGSTON, Jamaica A new UNAIDS report launched today ahead of next week s UN High-level Meeting on HIV has revealed that between 2010 and 2020, AIDS-related deaths in the Caribbean have declined by 51 per cent.
The report noted that during the same 10-year period, new HIV infections in the region decreased by 28 per cent.
In 2020 members of key population communities and their sexual partners accounted for 60 per cent of new infections, the report revealed. It added that 40 per ....
Integrated services and inclusion key to eliminating mother-to-child HIV transmission in Dominica Format Over four consecutive years, no child in the eastern Caribbean country of Dominica was born with HIV, including in 2017 when, within two weeks, the island braved back-to-back hurricanes that ultimately damaged 90% of its infrastructure. Dominica has now received validation from the World Health Organization (WHO) for the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis. It is the eighth Caribbean country or territory to have achieved this dual elimination goal joining Cuba, which achieved it in 2015, and Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Montserrat and Saint Kitts and Nevis, which achieved it in 2017. ....
Over four consecutive years, no child in the eastern Caribbean country of Dominica was born with HIV, including in 2017 when, within two weeks, the island braved back-to-back hurricanes that ultimately damaged 90% of its infrastructure. ....