CARIBBEAN

Countries in this Section

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin (French part), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States Virgin Islands

Some MSM Identities

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Sex between Males*

• Jamaica: MSM population estimated between 9,000 and 27,000¹

MSM and HIV*

• Trinidad and Tobago: 20% of MSM surveyed, 2006²
• Dominican Republic: 11% of MSM estimated to be HIV+ in 2005³
• Guyana: 21.3% of MSM estimated to be HIV+ 2004³

Prevention Materials for MSM

• The OUCH! Communication Campaign

eForums and Email Groups

• Transgendered Caribbean: "This group is designed to offer social support to transgender/Transsexual people of Caribbean.
  Our aim is to unite all minority groups into one voice, a collective to facilitate change in the legal system, the societal beliefs and Education in HIV/AIDS prevention in our Community."

Links

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* At this point very few national-level surveys have been done in on these topics; this data is taken from studies with limited sample sizes and may not accurately reflect national figures.
1. Jamaica Ministry of Health, "National HIV Program, Jamaica Country Progress Report To the Secretary General of the United Nations On the United Nations General Assembly Special Session," January 31, 2008.
2. Lee RK et al. (2006). Risk behaviours for HIV among men who have sex with men in Trinidad and Tobago. Abstract CDD0366. XVI International AIDS Conference. 13–18 August. Toronto.
3. USAID, "Caribbean: HIV/AIDS Health Profile," September, 2007.