Open AccessTrends of HIV prevalence in rural South India
Author(s) -
K Manjunath,
Anne George Cherian,
Vinod Joseph Abraham,
Shantidani Minz,
Kuryan George,
Jasmin Helan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_326_18
Subject(s) - medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , government (linguistics) , population , environmental health , rural area , transmission (telecommunications) , health care , demography , family medicine , economic growth , philosophy , linguistics , pathology , sociology , electrical engineering , economics , engineering
India, with its large number of migrant workers, had a large number of people affected by HIV. This included antenatal women who are a vulnerable population. The Government of India along with nongovernmental organizations worked on a large number of programs to screen and decrease mother-to-child transmission. This in turn has brought down the prevalence of HIV.