The_Spread_if_Aids_in_Developing_Countries

The Spread if Aids in Developing Countries The Spread of AIDS in Developing Countries In several developing countries, IV drug use has been a main cause by which HIV is spread. The governments of these countries have been resistant in acknowledging this problem and hesitant to implement strategies in order to limit the spread of this fatal disease. One of the problems developing countries face in this area, is a lack of information on drug use in these countries, as well as the correlation between drug use and the transmission of HIV. The information necessary to develop effective policies to prevent the spread of HIV, is patterns and determinants of drug use, as well as the factors which are causing the spread of the disease. In over 50 developing countries, IV drug use has been identified, and the transmission of HIV through IV drug use has been reported in at least half of these countries (Stimson 1996) Also contributing to the spread of the disease is the risky sexual behavior that is associated with IV drug use. IV drug users are viewed as a group which partakes in risky behavior, and then act as a bridge for the virus into the “general population” (Des Jarlais, 1992) Therefore, in some of these developing countries, members of this group include sexual partners and children of drug, iv, users, hiv, countries, injecting, equipment, risk, among, transmission, developing, programs, jarlais, des, 1992, sex, needle, increase, been, through, spread, needles, 1995, sexual, population, number, group, behavior, aids, 1996, stimson, inciardi, general, galleries, drugs