Publications on Key Populations

Sections of the final report cover: Background Information, Sexual Behavior, STD and HIV/AIDS Knowledge, STD Health Seeking Behavior.

The set of case studies in this collection emerged from a session entitled Best Practices in Female Sex Worker Projects held at the Fourth International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific in Manila, October 1997.

Drug use and HIV vulnerability remain issues of great concern for many countries in Asia and the Pacific because surveys indicate that in some geographical areas more than sixty per cent of all injecting drug users are HIV- positive. In several Asian countries, injecting drug users represent the largest group of those who are HIV-positive.

The objectives of this study were to assess the prevalence of HIV, syphilis and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and risk behaviors among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Phnom Penh (PNP), Cambodia.

This report highlights findings from the first through the third waves of the Cambodia BSS conducted in 1997, 1998, and 1999.

Topics included in the questionnaire: Background, Sexual Behaviour, Condom Use, STD Symptoms and Treatment, HIV testing and Exposure to People with HIV/AIDS. Survey was conducted in 5 provinces: Battambang, Sihanoukville, Kompong Cham, Phnom Penh and Siem Reap.

Sections of the final report cover: Background Information, Sexual Behavior, STD and HIV/AIDS Knowledge, STD Health Seeking Behavior.

The Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) AIDS Committee is concerned about providing prevention and sexually transmitted disease (STD) services to increasing numbers of female sex workers (FSWs).

The main purpose of the BSS is to determine AIDS related behaviors in the project area of AIDSCAP and measure the behavioral change over time.

This document presents valuable data about HIV/AIDS-related knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors, based on the behavioral surveillance surveys conducted in Indonesia in 1996, 1997 and 1998.