{"id":209688,"date":"2019-11-23T18:49:44","date_gmt":"2019-11-23T23:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=209688"},"modified":"2019-11-23T18:49:44","modified_gmt":"2019-11-23T23:49:44","slug":"almost-27000-persons-with-hiv-in-cuba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/almost-27000-persons-with-hiv-in-cuba\/","title":{"rendered":"Almost 27,000 persons with HIV in Cuba"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Cuba there are 26,952 persons infected with the HIV\/AIDS virus until the end of November, according to data released this Thursday by the island\u2019s National Center for Health Promotion and Education (CNPES).<\/span><\/p>\n

Among those diagnosed, the most affected are transsexual women, with 19.7%; men who have sex with other men (MSM), 5.6%; and people who practice transactional sex (in exchange for objects, money or privileges), which are 2.8%.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Cuban provinces that show the highest incidence of contagion are Havana, the central Cienfuegos and the eastern Las Tunas and Guant\u00e1namo, said CNPS Deputy Director Otto Pel\u00e1ez, <\/span>cited<\/span><\/a> by the state-run Agencia Cubana de Noticias (ACN)<\/em> news agency.<\/span><\/p>\n

The island\u2019s public health authorities highlight the control in maternal-infant transmission in children under 14, in heterosexual people, as well as the early detection of the disease, among the positive results of the Cuban program to prevent the spread of the virus, which is recognized by international organizations.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the close of 2018, about 25,494 persons with HIV\/AIDS had been detected in the Caribbean country, and more than 2,200 of them were new cases.<\/span><\/p>\n

At that time 80% (20,446) were men and the rest (5,048) women, aged between 15 and 49, 74%, according to data from the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) collected by state media.<\/span><\/p>\n

M\u00e1s de 2,200 nuevos casos de VIH en Cuba en 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n