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Re: ظهور 250 حالة إصابة جديدة بالايدز بمراكز الفحص الطوعي معظمها بالخرطوم (Re: اسعد الريفى)
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Assessment of the epidemiological situation 2004 In October, 2002, the results of an epidemiologic survey conducted among 7,385 individuals in 11 of the 16 states, involving a number of groups at varying risk of infection. were reported*. Persons tested included Sudanese and nonSudanese, and the seroprevalence among Sudanese was 1.6%. Of 3,355 women in ANC care, 30 (1.0%) were infected. Of 367 Sudanese sex workers, 16 (4.4%) were infected. Lesser prevalences were found among prisoners (4 of 200, 2.0%), soldiers (2 of 377, 0.5%), those with STDs (4 of 362, 1.1%), university students (4 of 369, 1.1%)and TB patients (6 of 367, 1.6%). The Sudan National AIDS Control Program HIV surveillance system indicates the large majority of infections are acquired via heterosexual transmission, and this survey showed levels of awareness of HIV/AIDS and means to protect onself from becoming infected were poor.
Previous HIV prevalence surveys have occurred among pregnant women, with prevalences as high as 2.94% in 1997, indicating regional variation in ANC prevalences. Although the 2002 report did not include blood donors, HIV rates among blood donors increased from 0.15% in 1993 to 1.4% in 1999 and 2000 respectively.
*Sudan National AIDS Control Program, Federal Ministry of Health, Situation Analysis: Behavioural and Epidemiologic Surveys and Response Analysis, October 2002.
لقراءة التقرير http://www.who.int/GlobalAtlas/predefinedReports/EFS200..._PDFs/EFS2004_sd.pdf
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