Introduction Globally around half of the HIV-infected population comprises of women. In Hong Kong, women account for nearly 20% of the cumulative reported cases of HIV infection and AIDS since year 1984, and 15-20% of the new HIV or AIDS diagnoses every year.[1] While the clinical features and management of HIV infection in women are […]
Introduction In Hong Kong, the number of known HIV infections in children has remained small. Perinatal transmission is an important and preventable mode of HIV infection in children. Early identification of HIV-infected pregnant women prior to delivery could effectively reduce perinatal transmission of HIV infection. The proportion of infections occurring by perinatal route is estimated […]
The ageing population of PLWHA With the availability of effective and durable highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART), people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) are having life expectancy approaching that of the general population. With the scale-up of HAART, the average age of PLWHA is increasing in both high and middle/low-income countries. Moreover, there is also a […]
Introduction HIV is transmitted predominantly by sexual contact and needle-sharing in people who who inject drugs (PWID), and is thus closely associated with risk behaviours in the community. In some parts of the world, mother-to-child transmission (MTCT)[Chapter F33] is also important. Although the health care setting is not a natural venue for HIV transmission from […]
Introduction In recent years "Chemfun" has become a colloquial term used by gay men or other men who have sex with men (MSM) in Hong Kong to mean sex with psychotropic substances, commonly methamphetamine and γ-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB). It’s sometimes also as chemsex or sexualised drug use in other places (in this chapter, the term […]
Introduction According to the World Drug Report 2017, an estimated quarter of a billion people, or around 5 per cent of the global adult population, used drugs at least once in 2015. Some 29.5 million of these drug users, or 0.6 per cent of the global adult population, suffered from drug use disorders.[1] People who […]
