A success story: identified gaps and the way forward for low HIV prevalence in Bangladesh

Kamar Rezwan; Hussain Sarwar Khan; Tasnim Azim; Razia Pendse; Swarup Sarkar; N. Kumarasamy

Journal of Virus Eradication (Nov 2016)

A success story: identified gaps and the way forward for low HIV prevalence in Bangladesh

Kamar Rezwan,
Hussain Sarwar Khan,
Tasnim Azim,
Razia Pendse,
Swarup Sarkar,
N. Kumarasamy

Affiliations

Kamar Rezwan: WHO Country Office, Bangladesh
Hussain Sarwar Khan: National STD/HIV Program, Bangladesh
Tasnim Azim: ICDDR-B, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Razia Pendse: WHO – Regional Office for South East Asia, New Delhi, India
Swarup Sarkar: WHO – Regional Office for South East Asia, New Delhi, India
N. Kumarasamy: YRGCARE Medical Centre, VHS, Chennai, India; Corresponding author: N Kumarasamy, YRGCARE Medical Centre, VHS, Rajiv Gandhi Salai Chennai-600113, India

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2
pp. 32 – 34

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Bangladesh remains a low prevalence country for HIV infection. In this article we attempt to address the reasons for the present success in this country and the challenges lying ahead to minimise the spread of HIV in the future.

Published in Journal of Virus Eradication

ISSN: 2055-6640 (Print); 2055-6659 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology; Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-virus-eradication

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