Data from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) show that, with an average rate of 2.3% among adults, the Caribbean has the highest prevalence of HIV/AIDS among adults after sub- Saharan Africa, making this the leading cause of death in the population aged 15-49. At the same time, there were significant increases throughout the region in the total number of people infected between 2002 and 2004. It is estimated that, as of 2004, a total of 2.4 million people were infected in Latin America and the Caribbean, 21% of them living in the Caribbean (UNAIDS/WHO, 2004). It is calculated that the number of people living with HIV/AIDS rose by 200,000 in Latin America over the same period; the figure for the Caribbean is 20,000.

Information from: The Millennium Development Goals: a Latin American and Caribbean perspective (UN, 2005)

ECLAC is working in the translation of the Regional Progress report and Summary Table. At the moment the Spanish version is available
 
6.A. Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS
6.B. Achieve, by 2015, universal access to treatment for HIV/AIDS for all those who need it
6.C. Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the incidense of malaria and other major diseases
 
 
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Artículo: El VIH y los derechos humanos: retos de política y legislación
  2008
Report on the global AIDS epidemic
  2007
Towards Universal Access: Scaling UP Priority HIV/ AIDS Interventions in the Health Sector. Progress Report 2008