Dr Kumar noted that 14 people on Cayman have been recorded with AIDS, which develops in HIV-positive individuals, when symptoms of the disease are manifested in the host.
According to the 2009 AIDS epidemic update in 2008, an estimated 240, 000 people were living with HIV in the Caribbean region, while an estimated 20, 000 people were newly infected and some 12,000 died of AIDS-related illnesses.
The report also suggests that the Caribbean has been more heavily affected by HIV than any region outside sub- Saharan Africa and has the second highest level of adult HIV prevalence.
Heterosexual transmission, often tied to sex work, is the main driver of HIV transmission in the region, the report noted, citing high HIV infection rates among sex workers — 27% in Guyana and 9% in Jamaica in 2005.

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