The “Laços Sul-Sul” Initiative - LSS, launched by the Government of Brazil, through its National STD/AIDS Programme, in September 2004, in partnership with UNICEF, pledged to achieve universal access to care, treatment and prevention through horizontal cooperation and the exchange of information and experiences among the countries, besides the universal treatment of HIV positive patients with first line ARV drugs produced by official laboratories in Brazil. The Initiative includes eight Portuguese and Spanish-speaking countries committed to halt the spread of the epidemic while HIV/AIDS prevalence is still relatively low: Bolivia, Cape Verde, East Timor, Guinea Bissau, Nicaragua, Paraguay, São Tome and Principe, and Brazil.
Because children and adolescents have often been ignored in national programmes to fight HIV/AIDS, the LSS has a specific component which put emphasis on them, especially in terms of PMTCT, which complements existing programs for other populations and groups.
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Epidemia de VIH nos países de língua oficial portuguesa - Português
