Documentation of HIV Prevention Research and Programmatic Learnings from India

At this critical juncture, it is important to understand the lessons learnt from the implementation of HIV prevention programs and the vulnerabilities that need to be addressed to reach the goal of zero new infections. To support this understanding, the Population Council and its Knowledge Network Project partners have been engaged in a project to document and disseminate evidence-based lessons from upscaled HIV prevention programs in India.

As part of this initiative, we have compiled this volume of articles published in peer-reviewed journals, which represents selected documented work. The volume is divided into four sections: Section I presents evidence on the changing epidemiology of the epidemic and the impact of HIV/AIDS prevention programs; Section II brings together learnings from program interventions including community mobilization interventions for female sex workers; Section III focuses on the vulnerabilities of high-risk groups such as female sex workers, MSM and IDUs; and Section IV includes papers on the vulnerabilities of bridge populations such as migrants, male clients of sex workers and trucker populations. Research highlights are presented at the start of each section. Sequential page numbers have been added to the published papers for easy reference.