Integrated Behavioural and Biological Surveillance among Most at Risk Population: IBBS Study Punjab 2014

This report provides mapping, and biological and behavioral information related to HIV infection among four most at risk populations: Injecting Drug Users (IDUs), Male Sex Workers (MSWs), Hijra Sex Workers (HSWs), and Female Sex Workers (FSWs).

The data presented here were collected during Punjab IBBS – Round 2014, conducted between June – November 2014. The IBBS was preceded by mapping among MARPs, across ten cities in Punjab. The cities included Lahore, Faisalabad, Multan, Sargodha, Gujranwala, Sialkot, Gujrat, Sheikhupura, Mandi Bahaudin, and Dera Ghazi Khan. The results from these mapping activities are presented in a separate report1. The mapping data provided sampling frames, diverse sampling techniques were used to draw representative samples of the MARPs from selected cities for IBBS.