Archive for the ‘HIV Prevention’ Category
HIV Prevention
Although the overall prevalence of HIV infection (percentage of people infected with HIV) appears to have stabilized in recent years, the number of people living with HIV is increasing because of the continued accumulation of new infections and survival, as measured by a continuous growth of the population in general.
Worldwide, a small but growing number of countries have reduced HIV prevalence through effective prevention efforts. High rates of HIV transmission is largely the result of lack of use of information available and effective prevention strategies and tools, and low coverage of prevention programs for HIV. Prevention services reach only 20% of the poor in 2005, while coverage of key populations at higher risk of HIV exposure were significantly lower. Read the rest of this entry »