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10-24-2006, 03:20 PM
Presidential Council on AIDS (Copresida) executive director Humberto Salazar says that the prevalence of AIDS cases in the country has shifted to the point where more women are currently affected by the disease, as are heterosexual males between the ages of 15 and 24. Salazar says that the percentage of the population with AIDS is around 1% and that the bateyes (cane cutter settlements) are the areas most at risk. During a meeting in which he signed an agreement with the Haitian Social Cultural Workers Movement (MOSCTHA), Salazar said that migrant communities are at increased risk when it comes to spreading the disease, adding that many of the 80,000 to 90,000 Dominicans who have the disease don't know they have it. Salazar also called for increased AIDS education work between the Dominican Republic and Haiti, and claims that even though the data used from 2002 presents high numbers of AIDS cases, the numbers have most likely come down since there has been an increased awareness on the subject.
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