Introduction- HIV/AIDS has turned out into global pandemic. Integrated Counseling and Testing Centre (ICTC) is an entry point to care and support services, which provides people with an opportunity to learn and accept their HIV serostatus in a confidential environment.
Aims and Objectives- To study the prevalence of sero-positivity of HIV infection among clients attending ICTC at GMC, Rajouri from January 2016 to December 2020.
Methodology- All the essential information was collected after interviewing the attendees. HIV antibodies were tested as per the NACO guidelines.
Results- A total of 28 (0.43%) out of 6,503 who were tested for HIV were sero-positive. Among HIV sero-positives, 20(71.42%) were males, 8 (28.57%) were females. Majority of seropositive were between the age group of 30-39 years. Positives were more amongst married, secondary school educated and housewives.
Conclusion- ICTC have proved to be a critical interface between the client and the public health system where any client can know about his or her HIV status in resource limited nations.
Impact Factor
2022: 6.012
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