Publication: Reducing the HIV/AIDS Epidemic: Lessons from Argentina
Date
2014-09
ISSN
Published
2014-09
Author(s)
Abstract
Argentina reduced its HIV/AIDS burden by
21 percent from 2000 to 2010, saving an estimated 4,379
lives. This makes Argentina s HIV/AIDS burden the second
lowest in South America after Chile. Argentina reduced the
mother-to-child HIV/AIDS transmission rate by 62 percent
from 2000 to 2011. The National HIV/AIDS Program was created
in 1995 and has since introduced key innovations that have
contributed to the reduction of the HIV/AIDS burden in
Argentina. As of 2010, the National HIV/AIDS Program is
entirely domestically funded, and a World Bank study has
found the Program to be cost-beneficial.
Citation
“Lavadenz, Fernando; Miachon, Lais. 2014. Reducing the HIV/AIDS Epidemic : Lessons from Argentina. Health, Nutrition and Population Knowledge Brief;. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/25481 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”