ABSTRACT
As of December 1991, Cameroon has reported 827 cases of AIDS. The results from the Sentinel Surveillance System show a seroprevalence of 1.3% HIV1 among pregnant women, 2.5% in people attending STD clinic and 3.5% in tuberculosis patients. The World Health Organization projection model was used to make a short term projection of HIV infection and AIDS cases. Results show that the number estimated of HIV infected populations varies between 24 to 45,000 people by the year 1995. Results show also an estimated 8,500 cumulative AIDS cases. Even in a low prevalence country as Cameroon the impact of the HIV epidemic is important and will result in a burden for the health care system.
Subject(s)
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/epidemiology , HIV Infections/epidemiology , HIV Seroprevalence , Models, Statistical , Population Surveillance , Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/epidemiology , Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/etiology , Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/prevention & control , Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/transmission , Adolescent , Adult , Cameroon/epidemiology , Child , Communicable Disease Control , Comorbidity , Female , Forecasting , HIV Infections/etiology , HIV Infections/prevention & control , HIV Infections/transmission , Humans , Incidence , Male , Middle Aged , Pregnancy , Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/etiology , Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/prevention & control , Sexually Transmitted Diseases/complications , Tuberculosis/complications , World Health OrganizationABSTRACT
By September 1991 Cameroon had reported 650 cases of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). The results from the sentinnel surveillance system showed a seroprevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)1 of 1.3% among pregnant women, 2.5% in people attending sexually transmitted disease clinics and 3.5% in tuberculosis patients in 1990. The estimated number of persons infected with HIV varies between 10,000 and 30,000. The World Health Organization projection model was used to make a short-term projection of HIV infection and AIDS cases; it indicated that the number of persons infected with HIV will double by the year 1995, with an estimated 8500 AIDS cases. Even in a low prevalence country such as Cameroon, the impact of the HIV epidemic is important and will result in a burden for the health care system.
