HIV/AIDS in Colombia

With an estimated 120,000 people living with HIV/AIDS, the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Colombia is consistent with the epidemic in much of Latin America as a whole, both in terms of prevalence of infection and characteristics of transmission and affected populations.[1] Colombia has a relatively low rate of HIV infection at 0.4%. Certain groups, particularly men who have sex with men, bear the burden of significantly higher rates of infection than the general population.[2] Colombia's health care system and conception of a "right to health", created by the T-760 decision of 2008, have revolutionized access to HIV treatment. Despite this, the quality of health insurance and treatment for HIV has often been disputed.[3]

  1. ^ "Colombia". UNAIDS. UNAIDS. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  2. ^ Ballvé, Teo. "Colombia: AIDS in the Time of War". nacla.org. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
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