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Expanded HIV care needed for aborigines and women in Canada.
2003 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Greater efforts are needed to provide HIV care to aborigines and women in Canada.
In a recent study, scientists there "evaluated all human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-related deaths over the period 1 January 1995-31 December 2001 in a Canadian province in which all HIV care and antiretroviral therapy are provided free of charge."
"Persons who had received antiretroviral drugs before death were compared with those who had died without ever receiving HIV treatment, by fitting a logistic model," explained E. Wood and coauthors working at the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS in Vancouver.
"Overall, 1,239 deaths were attributed to HIV infection during the study period," they noted. "Of these, 406 (32.8%) occurred among persons who had never received any HIV treatment."
"In adjusted analyses, aboriginal ethnicity, female sex, and lower median income were negatively associated with receiving HIV treatment before death," according to the report. "Furthermore, among the 833 individuals who received treatment before death, ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Expanded HIV care needed for aborigines and women in Canada.