Honduras
With 0.7 percent of the population estimated to be HIV positive, Honduras has a concentrated HIV epidemic, with specific populations showing significantly higher prevalence rates than the general population and a generalized epidemic on the north coast. Honduras has 27,714 cumulative reported cases of HIV/AIDS (Ministry of Health [MOH], December 2009). The Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS estimates 28,000 people are currently living with HIV. The MOH reports an antenatal HIV prevalence rate of 0.3 percent. First detected in 1985, HIV/AIDS in Honduras was initially concentrated among men who have sex with men and sex workers, but it now appears to have spread increasingly to the general population, especially to women. According to Honduras’ 2010 report to the United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on HIV/AIDS, four provinces (Cortés, Francisco Morazán, Atlántida, and Yoro) account for 76 percent of the HIV/AIDS cases. In addition, according to the 2010 UNGASS report, the epidemic is found in urban areas and along the northern coast, although cases have been reported in all of the country’s municipalities.
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 that will 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 and contribution of key regional stakeholders and donors to support the goals of the countries’ regional and national HIV/AIDS programs and to contribute to the goals of PEPFAR.
View the full USAID HIV/AIDS Health Profile for Honduras - September 2010 [PDF, KB]
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