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No region of the world has remained untouched by HIV, with the virus spreading among groups ranging from ethnic minorities in North America to drug users in India.

Click on the map to read about how the virus has hit each region.
Latin America

More than a third of the 1.7m adults with HIV in Latin America are now women. But the epidemic is still centred largely on men who have sex with men and injecting drug users. Belize, Honduras and Guyana have the highest prevalence levels. Brazil, however, has by far the most people living with HIV. Despite a relatively successful education campaign among the general population, infection levels of 60% have been reported among drug users in some Brazilian cities.

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