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In 1985, Bangladesh launched an HIV prevention program. This helped the country prepare for its first reported HIV case in 1989. Generally speaking, HIV rates in Bangladesh are very low at less than 0.1% of the general population. For at-risk groups, this number is a bit higher, but still rather low (.7%). Some of the highest rates of HIV infection were found in sex worker populations of the Hili with a 2.7% infection rate.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV/AIDS_in_Bangladesh HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh]</ref> | In 1985, Bangladesh launched an HIV prevention program. This helped the country prepare for its first reported HIV case in 1989. Generally speaking, HIV rates in Bangladesh are very low at less than 0.1% of the general population. For at-risk groups, this number is a bit higher, but still rather low (.7%). Some of the highest rates of HIV infection were found in sex worker populations of the Hili with a 2.7% infection rate.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV/AIDS_in_Bangladesh HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh]</ref> | ||
Regarding HPV: "Data is not yet available on the HPV burden in the general population of Bangladesh. However, in Southern Asia, the region Bangladesh belongs to, about 4.4% of women in the general population are estimated to harbour cervical HPV- 16/18 infection at a given time, and 81.2% of invasive cervical cancers are attributed to HPVs 16 or 18."<ref>[http://www.hpvcentre.net/statistics/reports/BGD_FS.pdf Bangladesh: Human Papillomavirus and Related Cancers, Fact Sheet 2016] | |||
===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ||