TY - JOUR AU - Alvi, Yasir AU - Khalique, Najam AU - Ahmad, Anees AU - ., Urfi PY - 2019/09/30 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Infections and its Associated factors among women living with HIV/AIDS JF - Indian Journal of Community Health JA - Indian J Community Health VL - 31 IS - 3 SE - Original Article DO - 10.47203/IJCH.2019.v31i03.011 UR - http://www.iapsmupuk.org/journal/index.php/IJCH/article/view/1097 SP - 363 - 370 AB - <p><strong>Background</strong>: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are significant public health problem in India. Studies have shown a considerably higher prevalence of STIs among females as well as in high-risk groups. Thus, we conducted this study to estimate the prevalence of STIs and to find out its associated factors among women living with HIV/AIDS. <strong>Material &amp; Methods</strong>: A cross-sectional study was conducted at the ART centre, Aligarh. A total of 170 HIV positive women were approached with study tools comprising of pre-structured proforma. NACO STIs Syndromes were used to estimate STIs. Data was analyzed using the SPSS version 20.0, keeping significance at p&lt;0.05. <strong>Results</strong>: We found the self-reported prevalence of STIs in HIV positive women to be 18.2% (31/170) at the time of interview and 49.4% (84/170) ever since the diagnosis of HIV. Most of the HIV women were presently having vaginal/cervical or urethral discharge syndrome (93.5%) and genital ulcer syndrome (16.1%). STIs were significantly associated with uneducated females and with irregular use of condoms<strong>. Conclusion</strong>: This study found the prevalence of STIs to be still higher among HIV positive women, in spite of years of targeted interventions reducing it. A proper action and further researches are required to explore and manage variables associating STIs for reducing its prevalence</p> ER -