HIV/AIDS in Argentina

HIV/AIDS in Argentina was considered a concentrated epidemic by 2012. The prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the general population is less than 1% although in some groups this percentage is 6%, while in others there is a major incidence. Considering the whole country, 70% of cases are concentrated in the provinces of Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, Córdoba and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.[1]

A condom 67 m long covering the Obelisco de Buenos Aires, commemorating World AIDS Day in 2005.

According to the 2012 AIDS Epidemiological Bulletin, Bureau of AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (DSyETS in Spanish) under the Ministry of Health of the Nation, 5,500 new HIV cases are reported in Argentina every year; 90% of them acquired the virus by having sex without a condom.[2] There are about 110,000 people infected with HIV in Argentina, of whom only 50% know their status. Of these, only 47,000 are under treatment, 69% in the public service and the rest covered by private health insurance plans.[2][3]

Statistics

In 1982 the first patient with AIDS was reported in the country. Since that year the Ministry of Health keeps records of cases; until mid-2000, more than 17,000 patients (12,732 men, 3,074 women and 1,214 children under 15 years) were reported.

In 1987, it was reported the first case of a woman infected with HIV.[4]

In 2019, UNAIDS estimates placed the number of people living with HIV at about 140,000.[5]

See also

References
  1. Dirección de Sida y enfermedades de transmisión sexual (November 2010). "Boletín sobre el VIH-sida en la Argentina" (PDF). Ministerio de Salud de la Nación (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  2. "Salud presenta Boletín Epidemiológico de Sida 2012". Información Pública y Comunicación. Ministerio de Salud de la Nación (in Spanish). 29 November 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-03-12. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  3. Ministerio de Salud de la Nación (2010). "Información sobre el VIH/sida. Situación en Argentina" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  4. "Proyecto de informe de auditoría de gestión ambiental" (PDF). Ministerio de Salud. Dirección de Sida y Enfermedades de Transmisión sexual (in Spanish). 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  5. "HIV and AIDS Estimates: Argentina". unaids.org.
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