By routine methods of research of National AIDS Committee of Vietnam, the authors described the status of HIV infection in Lang son(1993-1998): Langson is one of five provinces that have had the greatest number of HIV cases in Vietnam. It covered 11/11 districts, was almost in the group of ages from 15 to 45, it took 91,8% in male. The group of the highest risk was intravenous drug users (81,3%). At the same time, we have given some basic proposals to prevent HIV in Langson.
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Knowledge, attitude and behaviour for HIV/AIDS in pupils of the high school in Luong Son district, Hoa Binh province
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Randomly selected subjects to find anti-HCV, anti-HIV, HBsAg by ELISA technique. Results: the coinfection of HCV/HBV was 23% at group of patients with viral hepatitis, 22% in group of prisoners, 0% in group of venereal disease, normal people in urban areas, people lived in coastline and in islands. Coinfections of HBV/HCV were 47% at group of patients with viral hepatitis, 6% in prisoners. 0% in group of venereal diseases, normal people in urban areas, people lived in islands. Coinfections HIV/HCV was 93% at group of intravenous drug abuse, 25% at group of prostitute, 18% at group of patients with viral hepatitis, 0% at group of venereal diseases and normal people in urban areas, people lived in islands. Coinfection of all 3 viruses was 2,3% in patients with viral hepatitis
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1.Through the study carried out on 505 drug users, including 149 HIV positive drug users and 61 drug-use-associated AIDS patients in 3 drug treatment centers in Khanh hoa, Daklak provinces and Ho Chi Minh City from August to October 1997, the following conclusions have been gained: There are differences in age between groups (average : 30). 60.9% of HIV (-) drug users group were below 30 years old but 87.9% and 95.1% HIV (+) and AIDS groups were over 30 years old respectively. As many as 69.7% of subjects finished secondary school. Most of them were labors, doing small trade and some of them were jobless. 22% of them were reported divorced, separated and being widows/widowers. 37,8% had blood brothers who also were drug addicts. On the average, the study subjects had gone in drug treatment center around 2 to 4 times, with the highest frequency shown among HIV/AIDS groups. 2. The rate of drug users who were aware of AIDS prevention measures was high: 70.6% knew about the need of using clean needles and syringes; 80.9% understood that condom use help prevent HIV transmission. 3. However, safe practices were still applied at a low level: 57.1% of subjects shared injecting equipment, only 20.6% used disposable syringes; the rate of using condoms was 34.9%,of which 45.6% used condoms regularly and more condom use was reported during sexual intercourse with sex workers than with their wives.
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In the year of 2000, there were 4577 cases of positive HIV, 1022 cases of AIDS in which 579 died. In positive HIV cases men were higher than women were but the women with HIV/AIDS infection were increasingly. The people with age of from 20 to 29 accounted for 51-53%. The worrying trend was that: teenager under 19 with HIV infection was increasingly from 2.8% in 1993 to 12.45% in the year of 2000. The positive HIV incidence was high within the addicts in Lam Dong, Binh Phuoc, Ho Chi Minh city and Da Nang, and in prostitutes in Bac Lieu, Kien Giang, Binh Phuoc, Ca Mau, Binh Dinh and Can Tho
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A cross sectional study combined with the social investigation to describe some factors related with the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) in the HIV/AIDS prevention and control, currently evaluate the practice of some common regulation in HIV/AIDS prevention and control, from which some solutions will be introduced. The results have shown that 97,4% health cadres know clearly the cause of the HIV/AIDS patients and 90% health cadres had a perception in protection from the HIV/AIDS transmission.
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The study was carried out in Ha Noi City from 1996 to January 2001 and involved 126 patients who were positive to HIV1. The results showed that HIV infection is most common in persons who are between 16 to 30 years old (77.78%). Among these, males are 94.45% and females are 5.55%. Drug injected users account for 70.63%. 4.76% of these persons have infection through sex relationship with prostitutors, 2.38% have infection via sex relationship with husband/wife. 98 out of 126 patients have clinical symptoms. The common symptoms are large lymphatic node, fever, cough, dermatitis, diarrhea and weight loss. There was decrease in RBC and hematocrite. Immunosuppressive condition results in opportunity infections, in which tuberculosis is commonest. Chest X-ray should be performed early to detect this condition.
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A cross-sectional, field survey was conducted on 143 HIV/AIDS infected persons in 24 precinct of Hai Bµ Tr­ng district. The results showed that 55.94% of HIV/AIDS infected persons were managed by several forms, in which management at family and community is 27.97%. The management reached to only 59.44% of infected persons and documented only 46.85%. 27.97% have received health care. 46.14% regularly visit to health offices at all levels. 10.23% have need of health care at family. The reasons of refusing to health care at family is fear that others know about their condition (55%), do not want (27.5%), believe that it is not need (12.5%) and believe that it is ineffective (5%).
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Men were susceptible to HIV in the special condition. The HIV/AIDS prevention and control program of United Nation recognized some groups of men that should be considered including men working in dangerous sites, army, far from their home, continuous changed there offices, prisoner and street men.
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A study on the changes of blood cells and lymphocyte T and the relation of the reduced lymphocyte TCD4 and some hematological indicators in patients with HIV/AIDS has shown that the amount of the lymphocyte T CD4 was reduced in patients with the HIV infection and was reduced significantly in patients with AIDS comparing with these in the normal people. The amount of the lymphocyte T CD8 was increased which lead the increase of lymphocyte TCD3. The amount of neutral leukocytes and thrombocytes in patients with HIV and/or AIDS were reduced when compared with these in the normal people. The amount of leukocyte and erythrocyte were reduced. The reduction of the lymphocyte TCD4 was closely related with the reduction of the thrombocytes and leukocytes.
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