Trends of HIV prevalence in rural South India

BACKGROUND: India, with its large number of migrant workers, had a large number of people affected by HIV. This included antenatal women who are a vulnerable population. The Government of India along with nongovernmental organizations worked on a large number of programs to screen and decrease mothe...

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Autores principales: Manjunath, K., Cherian, Anne George, Abraham, Vinod, Minz, Shantidani, George, Kuryan, Helan, Jasmin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6436254/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30984692
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_326_18
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: India, with its large number of migrant workers, had a large number of people affected by HIV. This included antenatal women who are a vulnerable population. The Government of India along with nongovernmental organizations worked on a large number of programs to screen and decrease mother-to-child transmission. This in turn has brought down the prevalence of HIV. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Retrospective analysis of data from the block being provided with healthcare was carried out over a period of 14 years from January 2002 to December 2016. RESULTS: The observed HIV prevalence was 5.9 per 1000 in 2002 and showed a declining trend to 1.2 per 1000 in 2016. CONCLUSION: Consistent work at health education and preventive methods has helped bring down the prevalence of HIV over the years.

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