McGill University Health Centre
Study highlights HIV/AIDS challenge in American prison system
Published in Vaccine Weekly, October 14th, 2009
MONTREAL, 29 September 2009 - HIV/Aids is up to five times more prevalent in American prisons than in the general population. Adherence to treatment programs can be strictly monitored in prison. However, once prisoners are released, medical monitoring becomes problematic. A new study by Dr. Nitika Pant Pai - an Assistant professor of Medicine and a medical scientist at the Research Institute of the MUHC - suggests the majority (76%) of inmates take their antiretroviral treatment (ART) intermittently once they leave prison, representing a higher risk to the general population. "Over a period of 9 years, we studied 512 HIV positive...
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