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Research conducted at A. Pandey and co-authors has provided new information about HIV/AIDS

Published in AIDS Weekly, May 25th, 2009

"HIV estimates in India were based on HIV sentinel surveillance (HSS) data and several assumptions. Expansion of sentinel surveillance to all districts and community based HIV prevalence measured by National Family Health Survey-3 (NFHS-3) in 2006 provided opportunity to replace many of the assumptions with evidence based information and improve the HIV estimate closer to reality," scientists in New Delhi, India report.

"This article presents a detailed account of the methodology used for the 2006 HIV burden estimates for India. State-wise adult HIV prevalence among different risk groups observed from HSS 2006 was adjusted for site level variations using a random...

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