Correction to: BMC Public Health 21, 178 (2021)
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It was highlighted that the original article [1] contained an error in the third paragraph of the Background section. This Correction article shows the incorrect and correct sentence. The original article has been updated.
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The Colombian Caribbean region has the second-highest prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the world after sub-Saharan Africa. By the end of 2019, there were 330,000 Colombian PLWHA, 6,900 AIDS-related deaths and 13,000 new HIV infections recorded in the same year.
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Colombia is part of the Caribbean region, which has the second-highest prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the world after sub-Saharan Africa. In this region, by the end of 2019, there were 330,000 PLWHA, 6,900 AIDS-related deaths and 13,000 new HIV infections recorded in the same year.
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