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GUATEMALA ANTI-AIDS EFFORTS LACK SUPPORT.

Publication: NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs
Publication Date: 01-MAY-03 		Format: Online - approximately 983 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
[The following article by Jill Replogle is reprinted with the permission of Noticias Aliadas in Lima, Peru. It appeared in the April 24, 2003, edition of Latinamerica Press.]

Felipe sits in the tiny reception area of the Luis Angel Garcia family clinic in Guatemala City's main public hospital, waiting to be seen by one of the four doctors who work at the clinic. Felipe is a heterosexual middle-aged baker who is HIV positive. While he currently keeps healthy by eating well and taking vitamins to boost his immune system, Felipe may soon need costly antiretroviral drugs.

However, his monthly salary of around US$250 is one- fourth the cost of a month's worth of brand-name antiretrovirals. Because Felipe is not covered by Guatemalan social security (only 15% to 20% of the population is), his options for obtaining the costly medication are few to none.

"I hope to...

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