Brazil and Mexico account for over 7 out of every 10 infections in Latin America

Prevalence is slightly more than 5 infections for every 1,000 adults.

Initially, in Latin America, most HIV infections occurred among homosexual, and bi-sexual men. Over the years, the number of individuals being infected through heterosexual intercourse, and sharing needles for drug use, has increased. Currently, women account for 20% of new HIV infections through mid-1996, but this number is RISING due to the recent trend of increase of infection through heterosexual intercourse.

Heterosexual transmission has been and remains the predominant mode of transmission in the Caribbean.

Over 40% of HIV infected people in the Caribbean are women.

Haiti and the Dominican Republic account for over 85% of infections in the Caribbean.

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