1Associate Professor, Dept. of Medicine, Chhattisgarh Institute of Medical Sciences, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh
2Associate Professor, Dept. of Orthopedics, GMC, Rajnandgon, Chhattisgarh
3Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry, Chhattisgarh Institute of Medical Sciences, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh
4Associate Professor, Dept. of Pathology, Chhattisgarh Institute of Medical Sciences, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh
*Correspondance author: Dr. Prashant Nigam Asst. Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry, Chhattisgarh Institute of Medical Sciences, Bilaspur (CG), Email: -nigam.prashant86@gmail.com Mob. No.: -09993604518
Online published on 4 January, 2017.
Worlds’ second largest tribal population residing in India, located in five major tribal belts across the country in Union Territory and 35 states including Chhattisgarh. State tribes are fall under HIV vulnerable community as per the recent classification given by NACO. Bilaspur is a division of Chhattisgarh located in the eastern part of it and one of the very important and second most populous cities of the state. One fifth population of the division are tribal people, those living with poverty, unavailability of medical facilities, low socio-economic status and unawareness towards health and become most vulnerable to HIV infection. This study was conducted with the aim to assess current situation, prevalence, reasons of vulnerability and spreading factors of HIV in tribal people of Bilaspur division.
AIDS, Bilaspur, Tribal Population, Chhattisgarh
