AEGiS-14IAC: Socio-demographic profile &their outcome of the person living with HIV/AIDS(PLWHA) - An experience from Bhoruka Public Welafre Trust(BPWT).

14th International AIDS Conference

Barcelona, Spain - July 7-12, 2002

Socio-demographic profile &their outcome of the person living with HIV/AIDS(PLWHA) - An experience from Bhoruka Public Welafre Trust(BPWT).

Int Conf AIDS 2002 Jul 7-12; 14:(abstract no. D11141)

Malaker S
Bhoruka Public Welfare Trust, Kolkata, India

BACKGROUND:(1)To know the socio-demographic profile of PLWHA attending BPWTs clinic till date(2)To know their risk behaviour pattern(3)To know their probable source of Infection (4)Mode of presentation and accessibility to Anti-retroviral therapy (ART).

METHOD: It is a part of cohort study where patients registered in the clinic have been kept under observation. Data were collected from the individual case studies.RESULT: 72 patients registered till date, out of which 76% were male,8% of them were below 14 years of age,19% were truckers, 8% migrant labour and 4% were Commercial Sex Workers. Rest portion belongs to service17%,business10% and 3% were unemployed. 19% of them were housewife. 82% belongs to the age group 20-40 years. 2 were below the age of one year. 88% of female and 53% of male were married. 87% male sexual route as a source of infection. 7% had history of blood transfusion. 83% of females did not have any history of sexual exposure except with their husband, but 3 of them had history of blood transfusion. Vertical transmission was the cause in case of 4 children, while other 2 children were thallasaemics with history of repeated blood transfusion. Spouse of 21 persons were negative, whereas 11 were positive. 14% of the patients were referred from our blood bank. ART has been started among 6 patients. Total number of patient with opportunistic infections(OI) were 30(42%). 50%,10% & 13% presented with pulmonary tuberculosis, oral candidiasis, scabies/fungal infection respectively.

CONCLUSION: We try to keep the PLWHAs fit through prompt treatment of OI and maintenance of personal hygiene. Monitoring of the progression of disease is problematic due to the absence of proper laboratory support, even CD4 count facility is not available in the city. This study also indicates spreading of infection among the general population. So proper preventive intervention among the general population and establishment of proper laboratory support is recomended.

Keywords: AEGIS, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, HIV Infections, HIV Seropositivity, CD4 Lymphocyte Count, Disease Transmission, Vertical, Prostitution, Candidiasis, Oral, Blood Transfusion, Trust, Cohort Studies, Human, Female, Child, Male, transmission

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