An Exploratory Analysis of HIV Infection in Tribal Population of Bilaspur Division, Chhattisgarh

Autor: Nigam Prashant, Tembhurnikar Pankaj, Bagde Sadhana, Tembhurnikar Rajesh
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development. 8:145
ISSN: 0976-5506
0976-0245
DOI: 10.5958/0976-5506.2017.00029.8
Popis: Worlds’ second largest tribal population residing in India, located in five major tribal belts across the country in Union Territory and 35 states including Chhattisgarh. State tribes are fall under HIV vulnerable community as per the recent classification given by NACO. Bilaspur is a division of Chhattisgarh located in the eastern part of it and one of the very important and second most populous cities of the state. One fifth population of the division are tribal people, those living with poverty, unavailability of medical facilities, low socio-economic status and unawareness towards health and become most vulnerable to HIV infection. This study was conducted with the aim to assess current situation, prevalence, reasons of vulnerability and spreading factors of HIV in tribal people of Bilaspur division.
Databáze: OpenAIRE