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Clemon George, assistant professor of health, nutrition, and dietetics, published the article "Preexposure Prophylaxis in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Barbados Experience" in the February 2023 issue of the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 34 (1): 58–73; DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2023.0005. The article contributes to the body of knowledge on HIV prevention in the Caribbean. The Caribbean region is still highly affected by HIV, although there has been significant progress in reducing new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths. The UNAIDS 2020 report suggests an HIV incidence-to-prevalence ratio (IPR) of the region decreasing steadily from 6.1 percent in 2010 to 3.9 percent in 2019. A rough rule of thumb is that an IPR threshold for controlling HIV is 0.03.