title: Global update: Haiti.
abstract: In a country of 6 million that is the hemisphere's poorest, an American-supported Haitian campaign against AIDS has moved beyond getting people to ask questions about the risk of disease and helped make condom use commonplace.   Within a year, the program has gone from selling about 40,000 condoms a month to nearly half a million.   The story of condom use in Haiti, experts say, is one of careful attention to local psychology and culture.  Equally important, they say, has been the subsidized price, currently about 3 cents each.  In Haiti, despite infection rates that are thought to approach 10% in urban areas, there has been strong resistance to belief in the threat posed by AIDS.
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; D000569:Americas; D001519:Behavior; D017691:Caribbean Region; D017280:Condoms; D003267:Contraception; D003906:Developing Countries; D004194:Disease; D004493:Education; D005193:Family Planning Services; D015658:HIV Infections; D006205:Haiti; D015438:Health Behavior; D006266:Health Education; D007843:Latin America; D009656:North America; D012736:Sex Education; D014777:Virus Diseases
keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--prevention and control; Americas; Barrier Methods--cost; Behavior; Caribbean; Condom--cost; Contraception; Contraceptive Methods--cost; Developing Countries; Diseases; Education; Family Planning; Haiti; Health Education; Hiv Infections--prevention and control; Latin America; North America; Population Education; Risk Reduction Behavior; Viral Diseases