TY - JOUR AU - Mahmud, Syed Naufel AU - Irfan, SM Nurul PY - 2020/03/10 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Awareness and Misconception about HIV/AIDS Transmission among Selected Bangladesh Army Troops JF - Journal of Armed Forces Medical College, Bangladesh JA - J. Armed Forces Med. Coll. VL - 14 IS - 2 SE - Original Papers DO - 10.3329/jafmc.v14i2.45904 UR - https://banglajol.info/index.php/JAFMC/article/view/45904 SP - 180-182 AB - <p><strong>Introduction: </strong>AIDS is a fatal illness that breaks down the body’s immune system, leaving the victim vulnerable to lifethreatening opportunistic infections, neurological disorders or unusual malignancies, having no effective treatment till now.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To assess the awareness and misconception about the transmission of HIV/AIDS among the troops of Bangladesh Army.</p><p><strong>Materials and Methods: </strong>This cross-sectional study was conducted from September 2011 to December 2011 among purposively selected 125 troops of various Army units of Dhaka Cantonment, Bangladesh. Data were collected by face-to-face interview by pretested structured questionnaire and analyzed by software SPSS version 17.0.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among the 125 respondents, most (92%) of them were aware of the transmission of HIV/AIDS and having no significant misconception of its transmission. No association has been found between knowledge of HIV transmission and type of occupation.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Most of the troops of the Bangladesh Army were aware of the transmission of HIV/AIDS and misconception among them was very less. The authority should continue thus status for the betterment of the country.</p><p>Journal of Armed Forces Medical College Bangladesh Vol.14 (2) 2018: 180-182</p> ER -