Editing Bangui (section)

==Healthcare==
A general hospital is located in the eastern side of the city. Modern healthcare facilities exist in Bangui (unlike the rest of the country) but are poor, providing only minimal care. Wealthier citizens make use of private clinics.<ref name=health/> The prevalence of [[HIV]] in Bangui is twice the national average. In late 2019, [[Médecins Sans Frontières|MSF]] started providing free medical care to HIV patients in the city; in the first year of the project, 1851 patients were admitted for HIV treatment, 558 of whom were newly diagnosed.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.msf.org/hiv-state-silent-crisis-car |title=HIV is in a state of silent crisis in Central African Republic |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=30 November 2020 |website=[[Médecins Sans Frontières]] |access-date=24 December 2024}}</ref> The risk of catching [[malaria]] in Bangui and [[African Pygmies|pygmy]] camps is also much higher than in the rest of the country.{{Sfn|Mouchet|Carnevale|Manguin|2008|p=117}}

A conference of public health officials including representatives of the [[Centers for Disease Control]] and the [[World Health Organization]] was held in Bangui in October 1985. The conference evolved a diagnostic definition of AIDS which came to be known as the [[1985 World Health Organization AIDS surveillance case definition|Bangui definition]] for AIDS.<ref name="CP"/>{{Sfn|Jenkins|2009|p=4}} The conference defined symptoms of AIDS in Africa as "prolonged fever for a month or more, weight loss of over 10% and prolonged diarrhea".{{Sfn|Holmberg|2008|p=50}} The Bangui definition proved problematic as immune suppression can also be caused by [[malnutrition]].{{Sfn|Jenkins|2009|p=4}}