Awareness Regarding Hiv/Aids Among College Students In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Introduction: HIV is still a major global health problem. In 2009, globally there were an estimated 2.6 million (2.3 million–2.8 million) incident cases of HIV. According to UNAIDS in 2009 a total of 98,000 (79,000 – 120,000) people are living with HIV in Pakistan. Pakistan was classifi ed as a low-prevalence country with many risk factors that could lead to the rapid development of an epidemic. In 2004, a concentrated outbreak of HIV was found among Injecting Drug Users (IDUs) in Karachi, where over 20 percent of those tested were found to be infected. Prevention efforts are beginning to bear fruit, with indications of behaviour change and declines in prevalence rates in a number of high-burden countries. The study aimed to determine the level of awareness among college students regarding HIV/AIDS in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.