The Washington Post on Friday examined the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the border town of Tijuana, Mexico, where HIV prevalence is about three times that of the national average, with about one in 125 adults living with HIV. Mexico has one of the lowest HIV prevalences in the Americas, and according to UNAIDS, the percentage of people living with HIV/AIDS in Mexico is about half that of the U.S. and one-third that of El Salvador, Guatemala and Panama, the Post reports. According to a survey by researchers at the University of California's Division of International Health and Cross-Cultural Medicine, 64% of 116 HIV-positive Tijuana residents came into the U.S. at least once monthly. About half of men who have sex with men living in Tijuana and 75% of MSM living in San Diego reported having sex partners across the border, the survey...
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