STI/HIV In India and its Factors: Emerging Public Health Issue

Karamali N.N*
*Instructor, Aga Khan University School of Nursing, Karachi, Pakistan.
Periodicity:May - July'2012
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jnur.2.2.1917

Abstract

Sexually Transmissible Infections (STIs) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is an emerging issue in both developed and developing countries. The rate of spread of HIV has been dramatically increased recently in many developing countries including India. This spread is determined by various biological, behavioural and socio cultural factors. In addition, many factors like poverty, illiteracy and poor health is deteriorating the problem of HIV in this country, where there is a vast need for its prevention and control. This review will examine the extent to which comprehensive generalized epidemic of STIs/ HIV exist in the population of India and provide a brief impression of how economic, gender and religious variables can affect both in terms of incentives and obstacles for the prevention, control and management of STI/HIV status in India.

Keywords

Sexually Transmissible Infections (STIs), Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Auto Immune Deficiency (AIDs), sexual risky behaviours, heterosexual, homosexual, variables, poverty, migration, masculine, feminine, stigma, empowerment, Female Sex Workers (FSWs), Male Sex workers (MSWs)

How to Cite this Article?

Karamali, N.N (2012). STI/HIV In India and its Factors: Emerging Public Health Issue. i-manager’s Journal on Nursing, 2(2), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.26634/jnur.2.2.1917

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