Integrated Biological and Behavioral Surveillance Survey among People Who Inject Drugs (Male) in Pokhara Valley, Nepal: Round VII - 2017

Injection of drugs is strongly linked to HIV because of the higher rate of HIV transmission through needles. Syringe use and needle sharing habits are one of the key behavioral factors that act as the principle driver in the transmission of HIV and other blood borne pathogens. Findings obtained from the previous survey have shown that the prevalence of HIV in PWID ranges from 22 percent in 2003, 21.7 percent in 2005, 6.8 percent in 2007, 3.4 percent in 2009, 4.6 percent in 2011 to 2.8 percent in 2015 in Pokhara valley.