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Homosexuality and HIV/AIDS stigma in Jamaica.

This paper reports on a study of the relationship of homophobia to HIV/AIDS-related stigma in Jamaica. Ethnography, key informant interviews and focus groups were used to gather data from a sample of 33 male and female adults during the summer of 2003. The sample included health and social service providers, HIV positive men and women, and men and women with same sex partners in urban and rural...

Epidemiologic trends of HIV/AIDS in Jamaica.

The Caribbean now ranks second to sub-Saharan Africa in terms of the number of cases of HIV/AIDS per capita. About 2.4% of the Caribbean's adult population is living with HIV/AIDS (1). HIV/AIDS has become the leading cause of death for persons 15 to 44 years old in several English-speaking and several non-English-speaking nations of the Caribbean, and it is also responsible for leaving an estim...

Clinical manifestations of adolescents with HIV/AIDS in Jamaica.

OBJECTIVE To characterize the clinicopathological manifestations and outcomes of a cohort of HIV-infected Jamaican adolescents. METHODS This is a retrospective cohort study to determine demographic, clinical, immunological characteristics, antiretroviral uptake and mortality in 94 adolescents aged 10-19 years followed in the Kingston Paediatric and Perinatal HIV/AIDS Programme (KPAIDS) betwee...

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[Politicized sexualities: AIDS activism and sexual orientation in Portugal].

This article analyzes how both the Portuguese state and civil society have addressed the AIDS issue, focusing on participation by the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transsexual community (LGBT) in the struggle against AIDS. The article begins by describing the situation of LGBT individuals in Portugal during the 1990s, when the Portuguese LGBT movement emerged and grew, and then characterizes the ...