User:Slb523/HIV/AIDS in Jamaica


 * Jamaica 2018
 * 40,000 people with HIV
 * 37.5% = women
 * 47% of women were treated, 22% of men were treated
 * HIV incidence per 1,000 uninfected among people was .83
 * prevalence among adults (15-49 y/o) - 1.9%
 * 2,400 people were newly infected
 * 1,500 people died as a result of AIDS
 * 31% of people were on treatment
 * 25% virally suppressed
 * more than 95% of pregnant women (HIV+) had antiretroviral medicine --> prevent transmission
 * 2018 to 2010, death rate decreased 15% (1,800 to 1,500)
 * 2020 - 90% of people with HIV will know their HIV status
 * 81% of these people will be on treatment
 * 73% virally suppressed
 * Same-sex sexual relations are illegal
 * 39.04% of 15-24 y/o correctly identified ways of preventing sexual transmission
 * 2017
 * people being treated was 29%
 * 2015
 * people being treated was 38.5%