South Asians with HIV in London: is it time to rethink sexual health service delivery to meet the needs of heterosexual ethnic minorities?
Open Access
- 1 February 2004
- journal article
- letter
- Published by BMJ in Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Vol. 80 (1) , 75-76
- https://doi.org/10.1136/sti.2003.008094
Abstract
Recent conservative estimates suggest that at the end of 2002, 4.8 million people were living with HIV/AIDS in south Asia including 4.58 million in India.1 In the United Kingdom there are estimated to be 1.5 million people of south Asian ethnicity. While the National Strategy for Sexual Health aims to improve health care in those who have HIV through earlier diagnosis,2 studies have shown that that other ethnic minority groups present with advanced disease and not through routine genitourinary medicine (GUM) screening.3,4 We studied the case notes of all adults self defining as of Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, or Sri Lankan ethnicity diagnosed HIV positive from January 1985 to December 2002 attending four HIV treatment centres in London. Information was collected on demography, mode of …Keywords
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