Guatemala
With less than 1 percent of the adult population estimated to be HIV positive, Guatemala is considered to have a concentrated epidemic. However, as Central America’s largest country, it accounts for nearly one-sixth of Central America’s HIV-infected population. Since the country’s first case of HIV was reported in 1984, infections have occurred primarily among men who have sex with men and commercial sex workers. According to the National AIDS Program in the Ministry of Health (MOH), as of June 2009, Guatemala had 19,856 officially reported cases of HIV/AIDS (National Center of Epidemiology [NCE]). The Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS estimates 59,000 people in Guatemala are living with HIV and 3,900 deaths occurred due to AIDS in 2007.
In March 2010, the U.S. Government (USG) and the Council of Ministers of Health of Central America met in San José, Costa Rica, to sign a Partnership Framework that outlines a jointly developed strategy to support the Central American regional response to HIV/AIDS. The Partnership Framework provides a five-year strategic plan to be implemented by the USG and the Governments of the seven countries in the region (Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama). The Framework describes the coordination of key regional stakeholders to support the goals of the countries’ regional and national HIV/AIDS programs, in addition to contributing to the goals of PEPFAR.
View the full USAID HIV/AIDS Health Profile for Guatemala - September 2010 [PDF, 141KB]
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