Integrated Biological and Behavioral Surveillance and Assessment Reports
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This report presents the findings from the second round of the Integrated Biological and Behavioral Surveillance Survey (IBBS) among the wives of migrant laborers in Achham, Doti, Kanchanpur, and Kailali districts of Far-West Nepal. This survey collected data from 600 spouses of those migrant laborers who temporarily migrate or have migrated to India to work as laborers. The survey measured the prevalence of HIV among the study population. It also looked at multiple factors associated with risks for HIV infection; including condom use; sexual behavior; knowledge of HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections (STIs); STI treatment history; exposure to HIV/AIDS awareness messages and programs; and alcohol/drug use habits. Download this publication |
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The Cook Islands is a very small Pacific island country, both in terms of geography and population. HIV is practically unknown in the Cook Islands, with only two cases of HIV infection ever reported and no residents currently living with HIV. However, previous Second Generation Surveillance (SGS) surveys have documented high rates of STI infection, especially Chlamydia, among antenatal women and youth in 2006.
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The Integrated Behavioural and Biological Assessment (IBBA) Round one carried out in the years 2005-07 emerged as a nationally important source of data for the revision of persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) estimation in India along with data from the HIV Sentinel Surveillance (HSS) and the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3). |
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As part of the national response to the HIV epidemic, National Centre for AIDS and STD Control (NCASC) conducts surveillance to monitor HIV prevalence rates and risk behaviors. This surveillance among injecting drug users (IDUs), female sex workers (FSWs), male labor migrants (MLM), wives of labor migrants and men having sex with men (MSM) is done on a regular basis conducting Integrated Biological and Behavioral Surveillance Surveys (IBBS). This study is the fourth round of IBBS conducted among 300 male IDUs in the Kathmandu Valley. The study was undertaken to measure the prevalence of HIV and syphilis, and associated risk behaviors among IDUs. Download this publication |
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The Integrated Biological and Behavioral Surveillance Survey among Truckers (IBBS 2009) was launched on February 20, 2009. A total of 400 truckers were recruited for the study at the Pathlaiya study site. Data for the study was collected between February 28, 2009 and April 25, 2009. The survey measured HIV and syphilis prevalence among truckers along with information on variables which are associated with a risk of HIV infection, such as condom use, sexual behaviors, knowledge of HIV/AIDS, reported cases of sexually transmitted infections (STI), STI treatment behaviors, exposure to HIV/AIDS messages and alcohol and drug habits Download this publication |
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Under the National Surveillance Plan for HIV and AIDS, the National Center for AIDS and STD Control (NCASC) has been conducting the Integrated Biological and Behavioral Surveillance Surveys (IBBS) among the most at-risk populations (MARPs) at regular intervals. These surveillance studies are aimed at measuring the prevalence of HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among MARPs and assessing their health risk behaviors as well. Since 2004 such surveillance survey is being conducted regularly among men who have sex with men (MSM) also, who have been identified as a core risk group because of their high-risk sexual behavior with low levels of condom use and a high turnover of both male and female partners. Download this publication |
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| As part of the national response to the HIV epidemic, National Centre for AIDS and STD Control (NCASC) conducts surveillance to monitor HIV prevalence rates and risk behaviors. This surveillance among injecting drug users (IDUs), female sex workers (FSWs), male labor migrants (MLM), wives of labor migrants and men having sex with men (MSM) is done on a regular basis conducting Integrated Biological and Behavioral Surveillance Surveys (IBBS). Download this publication |
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The HIV situation in Nepal is categorized as a concentrated epidemic with estimated prevalence among general population being below one percent and more than 5 percent among some sub-groups of population identified as most at risk population (MARP). Injecting drug users (IDUs) belongs to the MARPs and previous rounds of Integrated Biological and Behavioral Surveillance Survey (IBBS) conducted in different parts of Nepal have shown that HIV prevalence among IDUs varies by location in the country and in all study sites the prevalence is above 5 percent. Download this publication |
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As part of the national response to the HIV epidemic, National Centre for AIDS and STD Control (NCASC) conducts surveillance to monitor HIV prevalence rates and risk behaviors. This surveillance among injecting drug users (IDUs), female sex workers (FSWs), male labor migrants (MLM), wives of labor migrants and men having sex with men (MSM) is done on a regular basis conducting Integrated Biological and Behavioral Surveillance Surveys (IBBS). Download this publication |
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