Epidemiological Fact Sheet on HIV and AIDS, July 2008 Update: India. UNAIDS and WHO (2008)
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Global surveillance of HIV, AIDS and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is a joint effort of UNAIDS and WHO. The UNAIDS/WHO Working Group on Global HIV/AIDS and STI Surveillance, initiated in November 1996, is the coordination and implementation mechanism for UNAIDS and WHO to compile and improve the quality of data needed for informed decisionmaking and planning at national, regional and global levels. Download this publication |
Male Use of Female Sex Work in India: A Nationally Representative Behavioural Survey. Gaffey MF, Venkatesh S, Dhingra N, et al (2011)
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Heterosexual transmission of HIV in India is driven by the male use of female sex workers (FSW), but few studies have examined the factors associated with using FSW. This nationally representative study examined the prevalence and correlates of FSW use among 31,040 men aged 15–49 years in India in 2006. Nationally, about 4% of men used FSW in the previous year, representing about 8.5 million FSW clients. Download this publication |
National Behavioural Surveillance Survey (BSS) 2006: Female Sex Workers (FSWs) and their Clients. National AIDS Control Organisation (2008)
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The aim of carrying out BSS 2006 was to assess current risk behaviour in specific population groups in India and to measure behavioural changes from BSS 2001 to BSS 2006. The present report details the observations of the National BSS 2006 among the FSWs and their clients, which was conducted in all states and union territories of the country. Download this publication |
Kathmandu Female Sex Workers Sero Prevalence Study (March 2001 – August 2001). STD/AIDS Counseling and Training Services and FHI (2001)
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This study was carried out among female sex workers in Kathmandu valley from March to August 2001 to determine the prevalence of HIV and syphilis and also to examine behavioral attitudes related to sexually transmitted disease. Download this publication |
Fact Sheet: IBBS 2011 Round IV Female Sex Workers, Kathmandu and Pokhara Valleys. National Center for AIDS and STD Control, New ERA and Intrepid Nepal (2011)
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The fourth round of the Integrated Biological and Behavioral Surveillance (IBBS) surveys among female sex workers (FSWs) covered a sample of 938 respondents in Kathmandu valley – Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur districts (n=593) and Pokhara valley (n=345), henceforth, referred to as Kathmandu and Pokhara. |
HIV, STIs and Risk Behaviour in East Timor: An Historic Opportunity for Effective Action. Pisani E and Dili Survey Team (2004)
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In the early 2000s, the government of the newly–independent nation of East Timor (Timor Leste or Timor Lorosae) expressed concern about the possibility of an epidemic of HIV developing in the country. High levels of poverty and social disruption that resulted from the conflict surrounding independence, combined with the presence of several thousand peacekeepers and other international personnel, many of them from countries with high HIV prevalence, led the country to develop a national AIDS strategy. Download this publication |
Cambodian STI Survey 2005: Key Risk Behaviors and STI Prevalence. NCHADS, FHI, ADB, et al (2006)
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To determine the prevalence of Neisseriagonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis, Treponemapallidum, HIV, and related risk behaviors among specific sentinel groups. |
Report on HIV Sentinel Surveillance in Cambodia, 2006. National Center for HIV/AIDS, Dermatology, and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (2006)
Sex Work and HIV/AIDS in Asia: MAP Report. Monitoring the AIDS Pandemic Network (2005)
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People who buy and sell sex pose one of the high-risk behaviours for HIV exposure in Asia. It is therefore essential for HIV prevention interventions to take into account the nature of the Asian sex industry. The purpose of this booklet is twofold: 1. to summarize what researchers have learned about the epidemiology of HIV/AIDS within Asian com-mercial sex networks; and, 2. to discuss the programmatic impli-cations of those findings. Download this publication |
Why You? Qualitative Survey on Sexual Service Providers (SSP) in Five Provinces of Lao PDR. NCA in Lao PDR and Serge Doussantousse (2008)
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"Why you?” “Why this job?” – these are the questions which sexual service providers (SSP) are most commonly asked by male clients; it is as though the man, after being sexually serviced, cannot quite believe that a young woman like this could be doing sex work. The questions suppose that there are other choices open to these women other than sex work, and arguably, they imply at the same time that only certain types of woman do this work as it must be degrading to do so. This study attempts to address these presumptions and allows the reader to hear as it were, the answers (for there are many) to these questions. This study met 101 women from 12 different ethnicities, from 16 provinces in Laos and with 101 different experiences of life to relate. Download this publication |
