Caribbean HIV Rate Ranks Second to Sub-Saharan Africa

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In terms of global HIV prevalence rates, the Caribbean region ranks second only to sub-Saharan Africa. Approximately 230,000 people are living with HIV and AIDS in the Caribbean. And in some places — like Haiti and the Bahamas — AIDS remains one of the leading causes of death.

Daljit Dhaliwal sits down with Julia Greenberg, the associate director of AIDS-Free World, a global advocacy group tackling HIV/AIDS. They place Jamaicas AIDS epidemic within the context of the Caribbean region, address anti-sodomy laws in Jamaica and around the world and identify the successes and shortcomings Jamaica has experienced in containing the epidemic.

Daljit and Julia also look at the role women play in the epidemic. Women make up half of the adults living with the virus in the Caribbean, and are infected by bridging populations — bi-sexual men who are leading double lives. Julia raises the possibility of linking womens rights with gay rights to tackle the spread of the epidemic.

The Glass Closet is a multimedia reporting project produced by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and Worldfocus. It explores the themes of HIV, AIDS and homophobia in Jamaica.

This video is part of Pulitzer Center-sponsored project "Glass Closet: Sex, Stigma and HIV/AIDS in Jamaica" (http://bit.ly/xgJdvT).

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• Pulitzer Center
• Jamaica
• HIV/AIDS
• HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean
• Global Health
• Homophobia
• Micah Fink
• Lisa Biagiotti
• Gabrielle Weiss
• Stigma
• Discrimination
• Violence
• Gays in Jamaica

[Xaymaicana]

LMAO@ this LIE! it's a fact that Russia, India and the US are much HIGHER.

[ReliableInsider]

The reality is that some men are sex-obsessed. There's a lot of sex in parts of the young gay male community, not because they're gay, but because they're young single men.

The beginning of the solution is for men to wear condoms.  Every. Single. Time.

And psychologically traumatizing gays or telling someone that he was somehow born a criminal is not the way to promote prudent, healthy behavior.

Outstanding video.

[kwacou]

Homophobia in Jamaica is primarily driven by Christian fundamentalism. Jamaica's branch of Christianity is primarily based on the old testament. A book full of hate and vengence.