| Although Bangladesh continues to be a low
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| | while taking drugs. Even they use the
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| prevalence area, it is surrounded by high
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| | same syringe several times for taking
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| prevalence countries (High prevalence of
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| | drug.UNCDP estimates that between 500,000
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| HIV/AIDS in neighboring India). We
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| | and 1,00,000 people in Bangladesh are
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| however must not adopt a complacent
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| | addicted to drugs. Although HIV rates are
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| attitude in respect as our country has
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| | comparatively lower (one per cent) among
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| all the determinants for an explosive
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| | the sex workers but Sexually Transmitted
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| outbreak of HIV/AIDS epidemic. Curses of
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| | Infection (STI) rates are still quite
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| poverty, illiteracy, ignorance, proximity
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| | high (20 per cent) among this group.On
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| of Bangladesh to the so-called 'Golden
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| | the other hand, brothel-based female sex
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| Triangle' & high prevalence of STDs, make
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| | workers in Bangladesh report the highest
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| our country seriously vulnerable. Drug
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| | turnover of clients than anywhere in Asia
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| use increases the HIV risk and can start
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| | (an average of 18.8 clients per
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| very early-for example, glue-sniffing by
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| | week).Meanwhile, most of the people of
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| youngsters living or working on the
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| | country are unaware about the deadly
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| streets. The danger of becoming infected
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| | disease. The 1999-2000 Bangladesh
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| with HIV by sharing injecting equipment
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| | Demographic and Health Survey found that
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| is well known, and real. Unemployment,
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| | only 31 per cent of married women and 50
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| slum housing, family fragility, frequent
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| | per cent of newly married men had heard
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| cross-border movement of people, lack of
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| | of AIDS. Over 90 per cent of rickshaw
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| information, unsafe blood transfusion,
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| | pullers could not identify a single
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| physical and sexual abuse-that create a
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| | method of HIV prevention.About 13,000 to
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| "risk environment" of violence for many
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| | 17,000 people are living with the
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| young people in the region. In addition
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| | incurable virus in Bangladesh, according
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| increased number of migrant workers,
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| | to the UNAIDS report 2001.According to
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| unsafe practice in health service, unsafe
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| | the National AIDS Committee and
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| sex practice etc. movement of population,
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| | surveillance team members and experts,
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| less use of condom, polygamy,
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| | the rate is quite alarming as it remains
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| homosexuality, extra-marital relations,
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| | one per cent less than the highest five
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| further increases the susceptibility.In
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| | per cent HIV epidemic index. The rate of
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| Bangladesh, the intravenous drug users
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| | HIV/AIDS remains less than one per cent
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| (IDU) are the most potential carriers of
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| | among the other vulnerable groups --
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| HIV/AIDS among the vulnerable groups in
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| | truckers, migrant workers, gay, hijras
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| the country. The fourth round of national
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| | (hermaphrodites), professional blood
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| HIV and behavioural surveillance report
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| | donors, heroin smokers and, hotel,
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| showed that the HIV infection rate among
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| | brothel and street based commercial sex
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| the injection drug users (IDUs) is now 4
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| | workers.Bangladesh is bordered with
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| per cent, up from 2.5 per cent previously
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| | India, the second largest HIV infected
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| which is just short of the 5 per cent
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| | country in the world; the country is
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| mark of a concentrated epidemic. About
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| | therefore at high risk for the HIV
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| 93.4 per cent IDUs in central Bangladesh
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| | epidemic, said Morten Giersing, UNICEF's
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| admitted that they share same syringe
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| | country representative.
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