The status of HIV/AIDS epidemy in Lang Son province and the response to it
- Author:
Nguyen Thanh Quang
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
HIV/AIDS
- MeSH:
HIV;
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome;
Communicable Diseases;
epidemiology
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2003;442(2):4-7
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
From 1997 to 2002 in Lang Son, HIV/AIDS epidemic evaluated and was going worsen. In the year 1997, there were 260 cases of HIV/AIDS, but in December 2002, 1511 cases of HIV infection were detected, of them 556 were evaluated to AIDS and 506 died. HIV/AIDS interventing were developed in large scale with good results, especially the education for HIV/AIDS control and various programmes of minimizing the damages
