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Despite being a low HIV/AIDS prevalence country, Bangladesh has all the characteristics of high-risk behaviors for initiating an HIV/AIDS epidemic. This includes considerable high prevalence of pre and extra-marital sex, low condom use, less awareness but significant prevalence of STIs, low knowledge of HIV/AIDS prevention, high prevalence of STIs among sex workers, existence of needle/syringe sharing among drug users and high prevalence of HIV infection among injecting drugs users. Download this publication |