Peace Corps Volunteers Testing Positive for HIV
Between 1989 and 2010, 43 Peace Corps Volunteers have tested positive for HIV (plus me= 44). According to the below Peace Corps Health Report, 0-4 volunteers contracted HIV each year.
Here is a breakdown of PCVs testing positive for HIV by country, along with the years of occurrence. (This table only shows information from the 2006-2010 health reports. The earlier reports do not specify the countries in which volunteers contracted HIV, though I may try to find out this information.)
|
Country
|
#
of PCV’s Contracting HIV
|
Years
|
|
Zambia
|
3
|
2011, 2008, 2007
|
|
Mozambique
|
2
|
2010, 2010
|
|
Thailand
|
1
|
2010
|
|
Paraguay
|
1
|
2010
|
|
Moldova
|
1
|
2009
|
|
Ukraine
|
1
|
2008
|
|
The Gambia
|
1
|
2008
|
|
Namibia
|
1
|
2006
|
Post Exposure
Prophylaxis Use in the Peace Corps
Post Exposure Prophylaxis has been available in the Peace
Corps since 1997. However, data on PEP use was first collected in 2006.
Here is a breakdown of PEP use by country and year, between 2006 and 2010.
|
Country
|
2010
|
2009
|
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
|
Armenia
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
Azerbaijan
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
|
|
Belize
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
1
|
|
Benin
|
6
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
2
|
|
Bolivia
|
|
|
1
|
|
7
|
|
Botswana
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
|
Bulgaria
|
1
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
Burkina Faso
|
7
|
6
|
4
|
5
|
2
|
|
Cambodia
|
|
|
1
|
1
|
|
|
Cameroon
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
5
|
|
Cape Verde
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
4
|
4
|
|
China
|
2
|
|
1
|
1
|
|
|
Costa Rica
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
Dominican Republic
|
1
|
|
2
|
|
4
|
|
Eastern Caribbean
|
1
|
5
|
6
|
1
|
1
|
|
Ecuador
|
1
|
|
1
|
|
1
|
|
El Salvador
|
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
|
|
Ethiopia
|
2
|
2
|
4
|
|
|
|
Fiji
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
Georgia
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
Ghana
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
|
Guatemala
|
5
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
3
|
|
Guinea
|
|
2
|
3
|
|
4
|
|
Guyana
|
|
1
|
|
|
2
|
|
Honduras
|
1
|
|
3
|
|
2
|
|
Jamaica
|
|
3
|
|
1
|
1
|
|
Kazakhstan
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
Kenya
|
1
|
3
|
|
6
|
2
|
|
Kiribati
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
Kyrgyz Republic
|
2
|
1
|
|
2
|
1
|
|
Lesotho
|
5
|
8
|
6
|
2
|
4
|
|
Liberia
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
Macedonia
|
|
|
3
|
3
|
|
|
Madagascar
|
2
|
|
3
|
12
|
6
|
|
Malawi
|
4
|
6
|
8
|
2
|
6
|
|
Mali
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
4
|
1
|
|
Mauritania
|
|
|
1
|
|
1
|
|
Micronesia
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
Moldova
|
|
|
|
2
|
1
|
|
Mongolia
|
|
|
1
|
3
|
|
|
Morocco
|
1
|
1
|
5
|
5
|
9
|
|
Mozambique
|
11
|
4
|
8
|
17
|
7
|
|
Namibia
|
3
|
2
|
6
|
3
|
9
|
|
Nicaragua
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
|
Niger
|
|
|
1
|
4
|
3
|
|
Panama
|
|
3
|
1
|
|
|
|
Paraguay
|
3
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
Peru
|
2
|
|
|
3
|
1
|
|
Rwanda
|
5
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
Samoa
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
Senegal
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
|
Sierra Leone
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
South Africa
|
1
|
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
|
Swaziland
|
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
|
Tanzania
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
Thailand
|
1
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
The Gambia
|
7
|
|
|
1
|
2
|
|
Turkmenistan
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
Togo
|
2
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
|
Uganda
|
6
|
2
|
4
|
2
|
|
|
Ukraine
|
3
|
4
|
2
|
2
|
5
|
|
Vanuatu
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
Zambia
|
3
|
2
|
7
|
9
|
7
|
