AIDS Authority Warns Central America
Elizabeth Rodriguez, HIV/AIDS coordinator for Central America, alerted Friday of the dramatic regional situation of the mortal virus and outlined a series of measures to fight it.

Rodriguez, official of the Social Central American Integration Office, told Prensa Latina that the problem has taken on great importance because most of the transmissions of the disease are between heterosexual people.

She said there are many still incomplete studies to determine bisexuality, which makes the matter more complicated.

AIDS is affecting women and young people in increasing numbers.

In Central America, Honduras and Belize have the highest rate of affected people.

“The disease has spread quickly in Central America because of migrations, so this makes it much more complex to control,” she said.

Integral attention in the region, general care of basic services, especially to those with the disease, and access to public health services in some countries are some of the things that must be done, in opinion of the specialist.

High vulnerability studies are being made in El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Costa Rica, including studies of prostitutes and men who have sexual relations with them.

She said her office is in charge of the important project of exchanging information and experience.