HIV status in Thimphu Dzongkhag: A women's Awareness level.

HIV/AIDS STATUS IN THIMPHU DZONGKAHG:WOMEN’S
AWARENESS LEVEL

Deki
Senior Lecturer
Departmemt of School of Social Science
Royal Thimphu College, Bhutan
dekitenzin@rtc.bt


ABSTRACT
Thimphu Dzongkhag (District) is the capital city of Bhutan and is the most developed and urbanized region of our country. The Dzongkhag has all the facilities, like education, health and telecommunications. As a result, living standard of the people is high and the incidence of poverty is low as compared to other Dzongkhags. It is a common misconception that the people of Thimphu are aware of HIV/AIDS because of people being more educated and having a higher living standard as compared to other region. But, despite the availabilities of all facilities and being more developed, overall awareness on HIV/AIDS are not so positive. This paper will analyze the secondary data - based on Bhutan Multiple Indicator Survey, 2011, conducted by National Statistical Bureau, Bhutan. The study will focus on finding the relation between education level, wealth index, place of residence, age of women, number of sexual partners, condom use, marital status etc and women’s knowledge on HIV/AIDS and its related issues.