Does Haiti have the largest HIV rate in the Caribbean?
Outside of Africa, the Caribbean has the highest rates of HIV infection in the world. Indeed, many of the same factors contributing to the quick spread of HIV through sub-Saharan Africa—extreme poverty, malnutrition, poor health care, and high rates of migration—also afflict the Caribbean and Latin America. Haiti, the poorest country in the region, has the highest prevalence rate; 5.6 percent of the adult population is living with HIV/AIDS. In the Bahamas, the rate of HIV infection is 3 percent, and in the Dominican Republic, 1.7 percent of the adult population is HIV-positive. The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) estimates that there are 380,000 adults and children living with HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean. AIDS in the Caribbean and Latin America Overview of the epidemic in the Caribbean and Latin America Caribbean Outside of Africa, the Caribbean has the highest rates of HIV infection in the world. Indeed, many of the same factors contributing to the quick spread of HI
