 | The HIV/AIDS epidemic is in a concentrated stage in Viet Nam, although the epidemiologic evidence already points to intensification of HIV prevalence in vulnerable populations and geographic expansion of the epidemic to high risk groups throughout Viet Nam. Official estimates suggest that in 2004 0.5 percent of the adult population is HIV positive. Large numbers of people are already feeling the impact of HIV/AIDS in Viet Nam, even at the current low prevalence. Because of the country’s large population size the present prevalence translates into more people with HIV/AIDS than when a country like Botswana, the country with the highest HIV prevalence, had an adult prevalence rate in excess of 20 percent. Download this publication |
Thursday, 30 December 2004 23:00
Impact of HIV/AIDS on Household Vulnerability and Poverty in Viet Nam. The Futures Group International (2004)
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