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Dr. Figueroa on HIV AIDS in Jamaica

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Jamaica has the reputation of being one of the most violently anti-gay countries on earth. Male...

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Dr. Peter Figueroa led Jamaica's battle against the AIDS epidemic for more than twenty-five years. He reflects on the institutional and social factors that made it difficult for the National HIV Control Program (and Jamaica's political leaders) to come to grips with HIV/AIDS in the gay community.

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