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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). We interviewed 250 non-brothel-based FSWs in HCMC in 1997, including 100 detained women at a rehabilitation center, and 150 women soliciting on the street (low income) and in bars (middle income). The majority of women came from provinces bordering Cambodia.

The Behavioral Surveillance Survey (BSS) for HIV prevention programs is based on serologic sentinel surveillance survey methods used in many countries to detect the emergence of HIV and monitor epidemic trends. 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. The project area includes highway routes and major urban areas of the Terai covering 16 districts stretching from Bhairawa in the west (Rupendehi) to Kakadbhitta (Jhapa) in the east.

Simple straight forward models like EPI model to complicated mixing pattern models were evolved by WHO and others to project AIDS cases and to estimate new HIV infections. These models are easy to apply, but they are having their own limitations when applied for Indian data. In this paper an attempt has been made to understand the adult mortality due to HIV/AIDS indirectly through cause specific death rates.

This document aims to describe the contribution behavioural data can make to the planning, execution, and monitoring of HIV prevention activities. It considers the available tools and recommends a minimum data collection package that varies according to the stage a country has reached in its HIV epidemic. The purpose of this document is to guide national programmes in setting up efficient behavioural assessment and monitoring programmes to assist them in programme design, direction, and evaluation.

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.

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.

Opportunistic diseases in a person with HIV are the products of two things: the person's lack of immune defenses caused by the virus, and the presence of microbes and other pathogens in our everyday environment. Effective intervention against opportunistic diseases requires not only the appropriate drug or other medications for a given medical condition, but also the infrastructure necessary to diagnose the condition, monitor the intervention, and counsel patients. As well, use of drugs and tests must be supported by proper storage, handling and administrative procedures.

An act promulgating policies and prescribing measures for the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS in the Philippines, instituting a nationwide HIV/AIDS information and educational program, establishing a comprehensive HIV/AIDS monitoring system, strengthening the Philippine National Aids Council, and for other purposes.

With the passage of Republic Act 8504 otherwise known as the Philippine AIDS Prevention and Control Act of 1998, the country's response to HIV/AIDS is now strengthened and concretized via the wide spectrum of provisions comprehensively contained in this law. This law also attempts to address major concerns involving various issues on human rights vis-a-vis public health and safety.