The Caribbean region has seen the sharpest reduction in new HIV infections since 2001 at 49% but discrimination, limited access to treatment for vulnerable groups and violence against women, which is a key factor in vulnerability to the virus, are hampering national responses.
This is according to a new report from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), which has found “dramatic acceleration” globally in reaching 2015 Millennium Development Goals on HIV.
According to a release from UNAIDS Caribbean, two years ahead of the deadline, the Caribbean has been found to have made significant progress in meeting targets, which include reducing sexual transmission, eliminating new infections in children, increasing treatment access, eliminating gender equalities,
