The HIV/AIDS epidemic and its repercussion in the economic and social development of the population of Matanzas.

Authors

  • Pablo León Cabrera FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS “JUAN GUITERAS GENER”. MATANZAS CENTRO PROVINCIAL DE HIGIENE Y EPIDEMIOLOGÍA
  • Betsy Benítez Fuente FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS “JUAN GUITERAS GENER”. MATANZAS CENTRO PROVINCIAL DE HIGIENE Y EPIDEMIOLOGÍA
  • Teresa Dihigo Faz FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS “JUAN GUITERAS GENER”. MATANZAS CENTRO PROVINCIAL DE HIGIENE Y EPIDEMIOLOGÍA

Keywords:

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME, RISK FACTORS, HEALTH POLICY, SOCIAL BEHAVIOR, HEALTH CARE COSTS, SOCIAL CLASS, CUBA, HUMAN

Abstract

The HIV/AIDS epidemic is the main epidemic that affected the humankind in the XX century, and in this century it keeps on being a preoccupation for leaders and health authorities at different instances for the magnitudes it is acquiring and its social and economic repercussions in the future. In our country, the situation is not as crude as in other countries but it is necessary to make a wide focused analysis where this problem would be seen from other sides, taking into account not only the epidemiologic behavior of the disease and its risk factors, but the participation of the community sectors in the fights against the epidemic and its economic and social repercussion. It will be useful to develop strategies allowing to stop the course of the pandemic.

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Published

2006-09-15

How to Cite

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León Cabrera P, Benítez Fuente B, Dihigo Faz T. The HIV/AIDS epidemic and its repercussion in the economic and social development of the population of Matanzas. Rev Méd Electrón [Internet]. 2006 Sep. 15 [cited 2025 May 9];28(5):418-26. Available from: https://revmedicaelectronica.sld.cu/index.php/rme/article/view/321

Issue

Vol. 28 No. 5 (2006)

Section

Research article

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