Latin America-Adult Prevalence Rate-0.6%

Only Guatemala and Honduras have national prevalence of over 1%, but in terms of raw numbers, Brazil has by far the most infected, accounting for more than one third of the people living with HIV in the region. The epidemic has spread throughout all of Brazil’s regions, at first affection only MSM, and then IV drug users, and now into the heterosexual community. With the exception of Brazil, the HIV epidemic in Latin America has remained largely contained in the large urban centers. Up to 65% of HIV infections in Argentina occurred in the capital, Buenos Aires, and its surrounding areas. This is even more true in Uruguay where up to three quarters of all registered HIV cases have been in the capital, Montevideo. The same is the case in Central America, where the number of HIV infections has been slowly rising in most nations.