HIV Epidemic Situation in Bangladesh: An Overview
Journal Title: Journal of Enam Meical College - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 2
Abstract
Bangladesh is one of the countries of the world where there is low human immunodefciency virus (HIV) prevalence, but is still considered to be at high risk because of presence of many risk factors for spread of HIV. The national prevalence among the key population groups remains low – people who inject drug (PWID) (1.1%), female sex worker (FSW) (0.3%), male sex worker (MSW) (0.4%), men who have sex with men (MSM) (0.4%) and transgender (TG)/hijra (1.0%); but it remains extremely vulnerable due to its socioeconomic and cultural settings.1 After all, knowledge and practice are reducing risk factors of getting HIV in Bangladesh and higher level of socio-demographic and economic status, especially among the men work to prevent HIV.2 The frst case of HIV in Bangladesh was detected in 1989 and till December 2015 the total number of detected cases was 4143, of whom 658 died, leaving 3485 known people living with HIV. Less than one-third of detected people living with HIV are women; but the majority of infections are likely to remain undetected, and the total national estimate is about 9,000 people living with HIV. HIV prevalence has never exceeded 0.1% in the general population and has remained below 1% for most key populations.
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Akkur Chandra Das
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