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Since the beginning of the HIV epidemic, the Region of the Americas has contributed with a public health and human rights approach to the global response to HIV. Member States during the Seventy-Fifth World Health Assembly noted with appreciation the new Global Health Sector Strategies on, respectively, HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections for the period 2022-2030 (GHSS) and approved its implementation. These Strategies aim to promote an accelerated, focused, more effective, innovative and sustainable response, paving the way towards the goal of ending the epidemics of AIDS, STIs and viral hepatitis as public health problems in the Region of the Americas by 2030.
- The number of new HIV infections in Latin America is estimated to have increased 9% from 2010 to 2023, with approximately 120,000 new infections in 2023. The Caribbean had a reduction of 22% from 2010 to 2023, down from an estimated 19.000 new cases to 15.000 per year.
- The HIV epidemic in the Region disproportionally affects certain sub-population (key populations), including men who have sex with men (MSM) transgender women, and female sex workers. According to the latest estimates for 2021, in Latin America, these three key populations account for more than half of new infections, and in the Caribbean they account for almost half of new infections.
- In 2023, there were an estimated 4 milllion people with HIV in the Americas, of which approximately 2.7 million lived in Latin America and the Caribbean.
- In Latin America, the number of people dying of AIDS-related death has decreased from 42,000 in 2010 to 30,000 in 2023, while the Caribbean decreased from 12,000 to 5,100 in the same period.
- It is estimated that 12% of people with HIV in Latin America and in the Caribbean are unaware of their infection. Approximately one third are diagnosed late, with advanced immunodeficiency (under 200 CD4 per mm3 of blood).
- Approximately 1.7 million people living with HIV were receiving antiretroviral treatment (ART) in Latin America and 240,000 in the Caribbean by the end of 2023, accounting for 73% ART coverage all persons estimated to be living with HIV in Latin America and 70% in the Caribbean.
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The 75th World Health Assembly endorsed the Global Health Sector Strategies on, respectively, HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections for the period 2022-2030 (GHSS). The strategies include five strategic directions that guide priority actions by countries and by WHO.
The strategic directions are:
- Deliver high-quality, evidence-based, people-centred services.
- Optimize systems, sectors and partnerships for impact.
- Generate and use data to drive decisions for action.
- Engage empowered communities and civil society.
- Foster innovations for impact.
