### Question
Can you define what country suffering a public health crisis means?


### Answer
**Country suffering a public health crisis** is defined as the following in *22 U.S.C. § 262p*:

> a country in which the HIV/AIDS infection rate, as reported in the most recent epidemiological data for that country compiled by the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, is at least 5 percent among women attending prenatal clinics or more than 20 percent among individuals in groups with high-risk behavior

#### Citation:
  - *22 U.S.C. § 262p*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 7-INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.**

