We investigated the knowledge and perception about HIV/AIDS among
the University students of Dhaka city in Bangladesh. A total number
of 162 respondents participated in the study. Data were collected
prospectively from different public and private Universities of
Dhaka city in Bangladesh. The study showed that every respondent
heard about HIV/AIDS and their main source of knowledge about
HIV/AIDS was from media (72%). Among the respondents, 64% regularly
donated blood and few of them (38%) were careful during blood
donation. 95% of the respondents (who were drug abusers) did not
share injections or needles for taking drugs of abuse. 97% of the
respondents did not exchanged sex for drugs or money; however, 25%
had physical relation with their sex partners and among them, only
24% used condoms while 57% knew about the use of condom. Only 27%
of the respondents knew about HIV test centers. 90% thought that
HIV/AIDS education will increase awareness about HIV/AIDS. 35% of
the respondents were familiar with condom vendor machines and 28%
of the respondents did not support for condom vendor machines to be
installed in public places in Bangladesh.
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