Publications on Key Populations

This study is the third round of the IBBS conducted from June through August 2008 among 500 Female Sex Workers (FSWs) in the Kathmandu Valley (Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, and Lalitpur districts).

The Epidemiological Fact Sheets are one of the products of close collaboration around the globe. the Fact Sheets collate the most recent country-specific data on HIV prevalence and incidence, together with information on behaviour determined to be important in understanding the epidemic.

The Behavioral Surveillance Survey (BSS) is a significant step in understanding and monitoring the levels of risk behavior associated with HIV infection within selected, most-at-risk populations (MARP) in the country.

We undertook this study to describe the risk factors for HIV infection in female sex workers (FSWs), and to determine the commercial sex venues where FSWs are most at risk of being infected with or infecting others with HIV.

Behavioral sentinel surveillance (BSS) provides the descriptive epidemiology of sexual behaviors among the most-at-risk groups. BSS 2007 is the seventh round of BSS.

By the beginning of the new decade, a number of organisations had begun working on HIV and AIDS, though not yet in a formally coordinated manner. The Joint Programme on AIDS in Myanmar 2003–2005 was an attempt to deliver HIV services through a planned and agreed strategic framework.

This report details the findings of the third round of IBBS conducted among 345 male IDUs in the Eastern Terai.

This report details the findings of the second round of IBBS conducted among 300 male IDUs in the Western and Far Western Terai.

This study was commissioned by UNAIDS to review the existing and emerging patterns of sex work in Bangladesh in the context of the HIV epidemic.

This report details the findings of the third round of IBBS conducted among 300 male IDUs in the Pokhara Valley.