title: Special report: Caribbean's HIV epidemic. New partnership will try to reduce infections, deaths.
abstract: While the conscience of industrialized nations are awakening to the AIDS pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa, most people, even in the United States, are unaware that the Caribbean has the world's second-highest prevalence of HIV infection. A new Pan-Caribbean Partnership, formed earlier this year, is designed to bring attention to the Caribbean's HIV epidemic, and it will help Caribbean governments and organizations meet the challenges of treating HIV-infected people and preventing HIV infection.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014900:West Indies / Q000453:epidemiology