Behavior Surveillance Survey Reports (BSS)
Behavior Surveillance Survey Reports (BSS)
 | To keep track of the epidemiology of HIV/AIDS in the Philippines, the Department of Health (DOH) established passive and active surveillance systems. The passive surveillance system, the HIV/AIDS Registry, was established in 1987. It continuously logged Western Blot-confirmed HIV cases reported by hospitals, laboratories, blood banks and clinics. Download this publication |
| A well established HIV/AIDS epidemic has been clearly documented in the past few years in Cambodia. HIV prevalence appears to be declining among risk groups including brothel- based female sex workers among whom HIV decreased from 42.6% in 1998 to 33.2% in 1999 and to 31.1% in 2000, and among police in which HIV decreased from 6.2% in 1998 to 4.7% in 1999 and to 3.1% in 2000. The HIV prevalence of 2.3% reported among pregnant women in 2000, however, suggests that the epidemic has expanded from core groups into the general population for an estimated prevalence of 2.8% in the general population. This classifies Cambodia’s epidemic as “generalized”. Download this publication |
| Salient Highlights of National Baseline BSS among General Population Download this publication |
| REPORT PART II (MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN AND INJECTING DRUG USERS) NATIONAL AIDS CONTROL ORGANISATION Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, Chandralok Building, 36 Janpath, New Delhi – 110001 Download this publication |
| Survey: National Baseline High Risk Groups and Bridge Population BSS, India 2002: Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) Download this publication |
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The Behavioral Surveillance survey (BSS) for HIV prevention is based on serologic sentinel surveillance survey methods used in many countries to detect the emergence of HIV and monitor epidemic trends. Behavioral surveillance surveys are systems for quantatively assessing sexual behavior change, consisting of structured questionnaires, administered periodically to samples of target group specific geographic areas. Download this publication |
| BSS among men aged 18 years or more who have injected drugs in the last month. Survey was conducted in three large cities: Jakarta, Surabaya, and Bandung. Questions asked cover areas such as: Sexual Activity, Condom Use, Injecting Drug Use, HIV Testing. Download this publication |
| The main objective of the survey was to assess the level of HIV/AIDS risk behavior among general population males in three major urban areas in the Philippines particularly Quezon City, Cebu City, and Davao City. These cities were part of the Department of Healthís National HIV Sentinel Surveillance System. Specifically, the study obtained information about the menís (a) background characteristics, (b) marriage and live-in partnership, (c) sexual experiences, (d) level of awareness, access to and use of condoms, (e) level of awareness and experiences regarding sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs), (f) level of awareness, information source, and knowledge about transmission routes and protection against the disease as well as views about HIV/AIDS, and (g) exposure to HIV/AIDS information and intervention programs. Download this publication |
| The idea for this paper arose from discussions at FHI/IMPACT Cambodia. The feeling was that something was missing in the body of published work about high-risk sexual behavior among sentinel groups in Cambodia. We felt that the information that was available, the HIV Sentinel Surveillance (HSS), Behavioral Surveillance Survey (BSS) and a variety of smaller scale survey reports were either purely quantitative, had limited analysis or lacked a proper context for the information. Download this publication |
