HIV Positive Adults and Kaposi Sarcoma Cases Prevalence in Namibia |Biomedgrid

HIV/AIDS is a global pandemic. The annual number of new HIV infections has steadily declined and due to the significant increase in people receiving antiretroviral therapy, the number of AIDS-related deaths has also declined. Namibia is one of the worst affected countries by HIV/AIDS in the world. Kaposi sarcoma is an opportunistic malignancy that occurs in HIV positive patients, the epidemic of AIDS-related type. Even though Kaposi sarcoma incidence has declined during the late 1990s with the advent of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) against HIV, Namibia must invest more in the screening and treatment of this condition.