With HIV rates second only to those of sub-Saharan Africa, Caribbean islands that conjure visions of sun, sand and tourism now highlight the interplay between poverty and the epidemic in this hemisphere. And less than two hours from South Florida shores, the island of Hispaniola has struggled with the highest HIV rates in the Caribbean since the early 1980s.
Issues on HIV from WPBT PBS 2
Published November 27, 2007
Antigone Barton was interviewed on South Florida's local PBS station, WPBT Channel 2.
Watch the interview on the Heroes of HIV interactive website.
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Antigone Barton is a free-lance journalist who spent 10 years covering health, justice and environment issues for the Palm Beach Post in South Florida. During the last seven years she has written...
