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The Problem
Mexico comprises about 10% of all HIV/AIDS cases in Latin America. The overwhelming majority of transmissions are through sexual intercourse and, like most other Latin American countries, the most severely affected group are men who have sex with men, who account for over a third of all HIV transmission in country.
Mexico has 6 infected men to every infected woman.
Although infection rates amongst women, female sex workers and injecting drug users are increasing.
Other vulnerable groups include migrant workers and street children who are estimated to be nine times more at risk than the general population.
The Mexican government have encouraged widespread HIV testing and have supported a rapid roll out of antiretroviral therapy (ART), now reaching over 76% of those that need it. However, these efforts have been concentrated in urban areas and rural HIV/AIDS services remain limited.
Our Response
We have focused our prevention work amongst vulnerable communities, such as men and youth in rural areas, including a successful web-based HIV information and prevention resource aimed at adolescents. We have also worked with projects targeting urban street children providing them with prevention education, medical care and counselling for substance abuse.
To support the roll out of ART we are funding capacity building and facilitating more integrated healthcare provision for people living with HIV/AIDS including strategies to improve HIV testing and reduce stigma within a healthcare setting.
For more information on some of our current programmes, please click on one of the projects featured above.
To learn more about our current funding priorities and application procedure for Mexico please click on the 'Grant Strategy' link to the left of this page.
HIV/AIDS in Mexico
HIV/AIDS Prevalence | 0.3% |
| People with HIV | 180,000 |
| People on ART (Dec 2006) | 35,000 |