Amerindian women is the most-at-risk vulnerable HIV/AIDS group in Guyana because of the gold rush taking place in the interior, according to the National Aids Committee (NAC), which also stated that the country’s progress to getting to zero deaths is hampered by the continued practice of not recording AIDS-related deaths out of regard for the virulent stigma still surrounding the virus.
“Large numbers of itinerant miners have ready access to Amerindian communities in remote areas; young Amerindian girls are being trafficked into mining camps for sex work purposes, while doctors rarely visit communities,
