UNAIDS regional director for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), Luisa Cabal, stressed on Monday in Panama, during training for modeling estimates on the AIDS virus, the importance of understanding that HIV is not an epidemic of the past in this region.
Cabal suggested that the COVID-19 pandemic meant neglecting other diseases, such as AIDS, leading to a five percent increase in new HIV infections from 2010 to 2021.
"One out of every three countries with an increase in new infections globally is in LatAm," the official remarked.
Cabal also warned about the stigma and discrimination surrounding the disease . . .
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