The AIDS crisis in Latin America takes many forms that vary from country to country. Governments and civil society have responded accordingly, some more effectively than others. While the region claims some of the world’s more daring strategies for treating AIDS and slowing its spread, AIDS advocates in the region also must contend with a culture of machismo that hinders vital public education efforts.
Nearly 140,000 Latin Americans were diagnosed with HIV in 2N005. About 1.6 million people are now believed to be living with the virus there. Throughout most of the region, the primary form of transmission is between men who have sex with men, although the disease has spread into the homosexual population as well.
Brazil and Cuba, despite their poor infrastructures and impoverished populations, have stabilized the spread of HIV and AIDS in their countries through health care programs that allow HIV-positive citizens to obtain treatment without calling attention to their status. The programs have significantly curbed those nations’ AIDS death rates and have even stabilized the disease’s spread. However, in order to protect new generations from falling victim to the epidemic, Brazil and Cuba must also reverse the stigma that forces many HIV and AIDS patients to hide their disease.
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