Peru
Peru’s HIV/AIDS epidemic is primarily
concentrated among certain populations.
According to UNAIDS, adult HIV prevalence
was estimated to be less than 1 percent. As
of July 2010, the cumulative reported number
of persons infected with HIV was 41,638,
and there were 26,566 cases of AIDS,
according to the Ministry of Health (MOH).
The male/female ratio for AIDS diagnoses
in 2009 was 3.02 to 1, according to the MOH.
The Joint United Nations Program on
HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) estimates 76,000
Peruvians are HIV positive, which means
many people at risk do not know their status. According to UNAIDS, there were 3,300 deaths due to AIDS in Peru in 2007
(UNAIDS, 2008).
In 2008, USAID worked with national and regional health and education authorities, academic research groups, and nongovernmental organizations to bolster prevention activities with high-risk groups and the general population, and to prevent mother-to-child transmission. By leveraging local resources, USAID exceeded its targets, reaching 102,780 adolescents in two hot spot regions (Ucayali and Loreto) with HIV prevention activities and 161,000 individuals in the general population from those regions (as well as 7,000,000 through a mass media campaign that included Lima). To better target interventions, USAID collaborated with a Peruvian university to conduct a population-based survey exploring HIV prevalence and risk factors among 18 to 29 year olds in larger Peruvian cities and a similar survey among Amazon native communities. USAID-supported interventions in major prisons reached 10,000 inmates through programs focused on improving access to voluntary counseling and testing, promoting condom use, and reducing stigma and discrimination. In Ucayali, innovative marketing strategies using peer vendors increased condom purchases by men who have sex with men and sex workers.
View the full USAID HIV/AIDS Health Profile for Peru - September 2010 [PDF, 103KB]
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