PAHO signs agreement to expand early HIV diagnosis in Latin America and the Caribbean
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has partnered with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation to improve early HIV diagnosis across Latin America and the Caribbean. The initiative aims to reduce AIDS-related mortality by increasing access to testing and treatment.
Why it matters
Addresses a critical public health challenge in the Americas, where late diagnosis remains a significant barrier to eliminating HIV as a public health threat.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, CMC – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says it will collaborate with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) to expand early HIV diagnosis in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The organisations said the aim is to improve access to testing, facilitate timely linkage to care, and help reduce preventable AIDS-related deaths.
Despite significant progress in the HIV response across Latin America and the Caribbean, late diagnosis remains one of the main challenges to reducing new HIV infections and AIDS-related mortality, and to advancing toward the elimination of HIV as a public health problem.
In 2025, approximately 34 per cent of new HIV diagnoses in the region were made at an advanced stage of infection, while an estimated 32,000 people died from AIDS-related causes.
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