Misplaced Pages

HIV/AIDS in Argentina was considered a concentrated epidemic by 2012.

Prevalence

In 2019, UNAIDS estimates placed the number of people living with HIV at about 140,000.

In 2010, the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the general population was less than 1%. In some groups the percentage was 6%, while in others there is a major incidence. Considering the whole country, 70% of cases are concentrated in the provinces of Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, Córdoba and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.

History

In 1982 the first patient with AIDS was reported in Argentina. Since 1982, the Ministry of Health has kept records of cases. Until mid-2000, more than 17,000 patients (12,732 men, 3,074 women and 1,214 children under 15 years) were reported.

In 1987, it was reported the first case of a woman infected with HIV.

In 2012, 5,500 new HIV cases were being reported in Argentina every year. 90% of them acquired the virus by having sex without a condom.

In 2012, there were about 110,000 people infected with HIV in Argentina, of whom only 50% knew their status. Of these, 47,000 were under treatment, 69% in the public service and the rest covered by private health insurance plans.

See also

• HIV/AIDS in South America
• Health in Argentina

References

1. "HIV and AIDS Estimates: Argentina". unaids.org.
2. Dirección de Sida y enfermedades de transmisión sexual (November 2010). "Boletín sobre el VIH-sida en la Argentina" (PDF). Ministerio de Salud de la Nación (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
3. "Proyecto de informe de auditoría de gestión ambiental" (PDF). Ministerio de Salud. Dirección de Sida y Enfermedades de Transmisión sexual (in Spanish). 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
4. ^ "Salud presenta Boletín Epidemiológico de Sida 2012". Información Pública y Comunicación. Ministerio de Salud de la Nación (in Spanish). 29 November 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-03-12. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
5. Ministerio de Salud de la Nación (2010). "Información sobre el VIH/sida. Situación en Argentina" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 May 2013.

v t e HIV/AIDS topics
HIV	HIV Lentivirus structure and genome subtypes CDC classification disease progression rates National Addiction and HIV Data Archive Program HIV/AIDS diagnosis management pathophysiology prevention research vaccination PrEP WHO disease staging system for HIV infection and disease Children Teens / Adults Countries by AIDS prevalence rate
Conditions	Signs and symptoms AIDS-defining clinical condition Diffuse infiltrative lymphocytosis syndrome Lipodystrophy Nephropathy Cardiomyopathy Neurocognitive disorders Pruritus Opportunistic infection Superinfection Tuberculosis co-infection HIV Drug Resistance Database Innate resistance to HIV Serostatus HIV-positive people Nutrition Pregnancy
History	History Epidemiology Multiple sex partners Timeline World AIDS Museum Timothy Ray Brown Berlin Patient The London Patient City of Hope Patient Women and HIV/AIDS HIV and homosexual men
Social	AIDS orphan Religion Catholic Church and HIV/AIDS Circumcision and HIV Criminal transmission Discrimination against people Economic impact Cost of treatment HIV-affected community HIV/AIDS activism HIV/AIDS denialism Red ribbon Safe sex Sex education List of HIV-positive people People With AIDS Self-Empowerment Movement HIV/AIDS in the porn industry HIV.gov AIDS Memorial Quilt Product Red
Culture	Discredited HIV/AIDS origins theories European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership Elton John AIDS Foundation International AIDS Conference International AIDS Society Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Media portrayal of HIV/AIDS Misconceptions about HIV/AIDS President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) The SING Campaign Solidays Treatment Action Campaign The Global Fund World AIDS Day YAA/Youthforce "Free Me" Larry Kramer Gay Men's Health Crisis ACT UP Reports from the Holocaust AIDS–Holocaust metaphor Silence=Death Project Day Without Art The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert Ayds
Locations	Africa Angola Benin Botswana Democratic Republic of the Congo Egypt Eswatini Ethiopia Ghana Guinea Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Kenya Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mali Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda Senegal Tanzania South Africa Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe Asia Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Cambodia China (PRC) Yunnan East Timor India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Jordan North Korea Laos Malaysia Myanmar (Burma) Nepal Pakistan Philippines Saudi Arabia Sri Lanka Taiwan (ROC) Thailand United Arab Emirates Turkey Vietnam Europe United Kingdom Russia Ukraine North America Canada Mexico El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua United States New York City Caribbean Haiti Jamaica Dominican Republic South America Argentina Bolivia Brazil Colombia Guyana Peru Uruguay Oceania Australia New Zealand Papua New Guinea
List of countries by HIV/AIDS adult prevalence rate List of HIV/AIDS cases and deaths registered by region

• HIV/AIDS in Argentina