AIDS in El Salvador
In El Salvador more people are getting tested for HIV but more people are also testing positive.
WORLD AIDS DAY-EL SALVADOR: More People Testing Positive
SAN SALVADOR, Nov 30 (IPS) - The rise in new HIV/AIDS cases in El Salvador shows either that the government strategy to combat the epidemic is failing, or that a larger proportion of the population is being tested, depending on the respective viewpoints of non-governmental organisations and local authorities.
Mara de la Paz was diagnosed HIV-positive in March 2004. At first “it was very difficult; I didnt want to accept that I had the virus. I went through a phase when I was stigmatised and discriminated against by my partners family, and for weeks I just wanted the earth to swallow me up.”
[via IPS]
El Salvador Hits 1000+ New HIV Cases
San Salvador, Nov 23 (Prensa Latina) El Salvador reported 1,135 new HIV AIDS cases in the first half of 2007, the chapter of the UN Joint AIDS Program (UNAIDS) in this Central American country informed.
The pandemic worldwide spread since the late 20th Century has somewhat stabilized in the territory after affecting 0.8 percent of the population, noted UNAIDS Representative Herbert Betancourt.
[via Prensa Latina]
