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Health Workers Lack Knowledge About HIV/AIDSOctober 2, 2001 Lack of knowledge about HIV/AIDS among doctors and physicians is one of the most dangerous factors in disease transmission, according to a survey conducted last year by Vietnam's National Committee for AIDS Prevention and the Ministry of Health. In the three provinces of Quang Ninh, Nam Dinh and Nghe An, 1,178 health workers were surveyed. These provinces have witnessed the widest spread of the disease. The survey of health workers -- the first of its kind -- says 2.6 percent do not know the cause of AIDS, 1.2 percent do not know all of the ways AIDS can be transmitted and up to 94.2 percent answered incorrectly about the main symptoms of the disease. In addition, up to one third of the health workers surveyed have not attended training courses about HIV/AIDS prevention. With regard to preventing AIDS, 1.7 percent never and 6 percent rarely wear gloves when handling the blood and swabs of AIDS patients. Vietnam News Briefs 10.02.01  This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update. |
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