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Addressing RTI/STI and HIV/AIDS, and Gender Discrimination in Treatment in India

Tarujyoti Buragohain is at the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER). E-mail: tburagohain{at}ncaer.org

In this article an attempt is made to demonstrate the level of awareness of Reproductive Tract Infection (RTI)/Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and the extent of discrimination in treatment seeking behaviour among men and women who have got symptoms of RTI/STI in India. The awareness about RTI among women is higher than that among men by 8 percentage points, but the level of awareness about STI among men is higher than that among women by 7 percentage points. The awareness about HIV/AIDS among men is higher than that among women by 18 percentage points. Among both men and women awareness about HIV/AIDS is substantially higher than that of RTI and STI. The level of education and work participation rates among men and women have a direct relationship with the level of awareness of HIV/AIDS. In India, about 30 per cent of women of age 15–44 years had symptoms of RTI/STI as against 12.3 per cent of men of age 20–54 years. However, only about 38 per cent of the women sought treatment as against 55 per cent of men.

Journal of Health Management, Vol. 10, No. 3, 265-291 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/097206340801000301


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