Publications on Women and Men

Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer world-wide and is the most common cancer among women in developing countries. A comprehensive approach to cervical cancer screening and the recent advent of vaccines for oncogenic genotypes of HPV makes it the most preventable and treatable of all cancers.

This one year project (September 2004 - August 2005) was designed to understand the sexual behavior of the general male population (aged 18-49 years) in Bangladesh.

The Burnet Institute undertook a study of the sexual behaviour of young men in Vientiane from August to November in 2004. The study was funded by the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Bangkok.

Effective and innovative responses to the psychosocial needs of young people and children (including counseling) require investment in addition to VCT services. The United Nation’s Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has a crucial role to play in this area.

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.

The objective of the 2000 round of Behavioral Surveillance Survey (BSS) was to provide a comprehensive description of sexual behavior among men in Cambodia, to gain a better understanding of the extent of high-risk behavior in urban and rural population males.