Publications on Key Populations

This study is the second round of the Integrated Bio-Behavioral Survey (IBBS) conducted among 500 female sex workers (FSWs), both street and establishment based, in the Kathmandu Valley.

The study was conducted in among IDUs in the sub-metropolitan city and municipalities, and the highway areas of Jhapa, Sunsari, and Morang districts of the Eastern Terai.

The study was conducted among IDUs in the districts of the Western to Far Western Terai. Three hundred male IDUs were sampled using the respondent driven sampling (RDS) methodology.

This report is a summary of the first two rounds of national surveillance of behavioral and biological data among the populations believed to be at elevated risk of contracting and spreading HIV and STIs in Lao PDR.

The 2004/2005 BSS was essentially repetitions of the 2002/2003 surveys, with the survey locations and target groups largely being the same. However, the 2004/2005 BSS was expanded to cover additional target groups.

The revised Integrated HIV Behavioral and Serologic Surveillance (IHBSS) system was implemented in 2005.

The study was conducted in the Pokhara Valley. Three hundred male IDUs were sampled using the respondent-driven sampling (RDS) methodology.

Although anti-retroviral treatment (ART) is not traditionally considered a central concern in the harm reduction agenda, from a global public health perspective, Asian Harm Reduction Network (AHRN) believes that ART remains a very important service within a comprehensive HIV/AIDS treatment and care model.

The overall objective of the study is to determine the levels of HIV and STI prevalence and risk behavior among men who have sex with men (MSM) subpopulation in Kathmandu.

This is one of a series of three programming-themed booklets based on AIDS in Asia: Face the Facts.