HIV infections declined by 40% from 2005 and 2013, there were still an estimated 12,000 new HIV infections and a total of 250,000 people living with HIV in the region in 2013
The drugs used to treat HIV are called antiretroviral drugs. There are several different types and they work in different ways. HIV treatment is made up of three or more antiretroviral drugs taken together. Sometimes, these drugs are combined into one pill.
Five countries account for 96% of all people living with HIV in the region: Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. Access to antiretroviral treatment (ART) has improved significantly with coverage currently at 42% of people 15 years or older living with HIV in the Caribbean – an increase of 31% since 2011.1 - See more at: http://www.avert.org/professionals/hiv-around-world/caribbean#sthash.ldLu8i3e.dpuf
The Caribbean transgender men and men whom have sex with other men are in one category whereas in other countries the two are separated.
Data from Jamaica shows that more than 30% of gay, transgender and other men who have sex with men are HIV-positive.3 - See more at: http://www.avert.org/professionals/hiv-around-world/caribbean#sthash.ldLu8i3e.dpu
If you are unaware homosexual in Caribbean cultures is a taboo. I personally have spoken to speak with a few people who are of island decent to get a perspective on being gay in the Caribbean and I got nothing but death stares, eye rolls and I spoke to a friend's grandfather who immigrated from Jamaica to New York and he simply looked at me and said "blood clot botty boy dem".
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