HIV and AIDS in the Americas: an Epidemic with many Faces (2000)
Joint meeting of WHO, Monitoring the AIDS Epidemic (MAP), UNAIDS, PAHO
November 2000
The purpose of the meeting was to discuss and present the developments on second generation surveillance in the Region, discuss the epidemiological situation in the Region that resulted in this report for the Forum 2000. The specific objectives were:
- Update and future perspectives on second generation worldwide and in Latin America and the Caribbean, including the projects of implementation of surveillance of second generation in Mexico and the Dominican Republic;
- Hold the regional meeting of MAP and prepare the report on the epidemiological situation for Latin America and the Caribbean;
- Update on the progress of the EpiNet for Latin America and the Caribbean;
- Discuss the models for the estimates of HIV/AIDS in Latin America and the Caribbean;
- Review the methodological progress in the behavioral monitoring;
- Update on the new methodologies of screening and the application for surveillance of HIV
This provisional report provides information that can be used by international bodies, to briefly review the most important aspect of the history the of the epidemics today, recognize the current status of and trends within this epidemic, and take immediate action to affect the course of these epidemics in the future.