Plipat T, Rattanasuporn N, Sinprajakpol J, Jantaramanee P, Khumtong S, Jarasist S; International Conference on AIDS (15th : 2004 : Bangkok, Thailand).
Int Conf AIDS. 2004 Jul 11-16; 15: abstract no. TuPeC4880.
Bureau of Epidemiology, Nonthaburi, Thailand
Introduction: As HIV epidemic matures in Thailand, the sero-prevalence data became less useful. To cope with the problem, Thailand started to collect the additional data along with HIV status so that HIV status can be analyzed by subgroup of population. This study described HIV trend among young pregnant women which can reflex dynamicity of HIV spread better than overall ANC prevalence. Method: Thai National HIV sero-surveillance collect the data about HIV status from every province in Thailand. All pregnant women attended public ante-natal clinic in June were tested for HIV using either unlinked anonymous technique or voluntary counseling and testing. No personal identification information was collected. Results: National HIV prevalence among pregnant women age less than 20 year old decreased from 2.4% in 1995 to 0.8% in 2003, a 75% reduction. The same trend was also observed among pregnant women age 20-24 year old. HIV prevalence among this group was 2.5% in 1995 and 1.4% 2003, a 48% reduction. HIV prevalence among first pregnancy was also decreasing, from 1.8% in 1997 to 1.0% in 2003 Conclusion A trend of HIV prevalence of young pregnant women is one of the important indicators for the success of the HIV prevention programme. The remarkable reduction of HIV prevalence in young pregnant women confirmed the success of Thai HIV prevention and control programme.
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Keywords:
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Counseling
- Disease Outbreaks
- Female
- HIV Infections
- HIV Seropositivity
- Humans
- Pregnancy
- Prevalence
- Thailand
Other ID:
UI: 102282695
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