Clinical Profile of Hiv/Aids-Infected Patients Admitted to a New Specialist Unit in Dhaka, Bangladesh--a Low-Prevalence Country for Hiv (Report)
Journal of Health Population and Nutrition 2011, Feb, 29, 1
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Publisher Description
INTRODUCTION Although the prevalence of HIV remains very low (0.1%) in the general population and low (1%) in most at-risk populations (MARPs) (1,2), by the end of 2009, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) in Bangladesh had confirmed 1,745 HIV cases, 619 of which had developed acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), and 204 had died (3). The national AIDS/STD Programme of the MoHFW estimated that 7,500 people in Bangladesh are living with HIV (3).
GENRE
Health & Well-Being
RELEASED
2011
1 February
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
16
Pages
PUBLISHER
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh
SIZE
247.1
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