Wednesday, December 31, 2008

COLOMBIA: HIV complacency in gay community, lack of official action


Via PlusNews

...HIV rates among Colombia's general population have stayed below 1 percent, but the limited data available on men who have sex with men (MSM) suggests that the infection level in this group may be at least 11 percent...


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Colombia has no government strategy or budget for HIV prevention programmes aimed at vulnerable groups like gay men and MSM. Even condom distribution by the Ministry of Health is limited to people already living with HIV and their partners...

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