Feature Story

September 29, 2009

Study Highlights HIV/AIDS Challenge in American Prison System; Researchers at MUHC/McGill and Colleagues at UCSF Have Evaluated the Effectiveness of HIV treatment in Patients Who Enter and Leave Prison

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HIV/AIDS is up to five times more prevalent in American prisons than in the general population. Adherence to treatment programs can be strictly monitored in prison. However, once prisoners are released, medical monitoring becomes problematic. A new study by Dr. Nitika Pant Pai - an Assistant professor of Medicine and a medical scientist at the Research Institute of the MUHC - suggests the majority (76 percent) of inmates take their antiretroviral treatment (ART) intermittently once they leave prison, representing a higher risk to the general population. Read more from this post.