AIDS surveillance in the Americas

The do c ument reviews the situation of the HIV / AIDS / STD epidemic in the Region and briefly reports on the status of the United Nations Joint Program on tilV / _S (UNAIDS), as

The most important areas for the consideration of the Directing Council include the following: 1) the possible impact of the Joint United Nations Program on AIDS on the

PAHO has mobilized resources and provided the countries with technical cooperation for national AIDS programs in the following areas: support for national commissions, development

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Noting the changing situation of the epidemiology of AIDS and HIV infection in the Region and the status of national and regional AIDS prevention efforts in the Region;..

The majority went to the Caribbean countries (39%) while Brazil, the Central American Isthmus and the Latin Caribbean received 14%, 11% and 11%, respectively (Fig. In 1988 alone,