Social Stigma Complicating HIV/AIDS Awareness, Prevention Efforts In Saudi Arabia

New cases in Pous 2064, HIV = 175, AIDS = 26, Death = 2. HIV rate is very high in Housewives than sex workers in Nepal ! ! ! HIV status in Nepal till 2005: Total Adult=70000, Adult Prevalence (15-49)=0.55%, Number of Women (15-49) LWHA=15,310 (22%), HIV Prevalence rate in IDUs=32.7%, HIV prevalence rate in sex worker=3.8%, HIV prevalence rate in client of SW=2.1%. The latest U.N. report shows that 65 million people have been infected with HIV since it was first identified 25 years ago. Twenty five million people have died of AIDS.

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Social Stigma Complicating HIV/AIDS Awareness, Prevention Efforts In Saudi Arabia - 01-12-2006, 02:40 PM

Social stigma associated with HIV/AIDS is complicating HIV awareness and prevention efforts in Saudi Arabia, the AP/Houston Chronicle reports (Abu-Nasr, AP/Houston Chronicle, 11/27). The country's Ministry of Health in June announced that more than 10,000 people were HIV-positive, although some physicians say the real number is much higher. [click link for full article]

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