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The Annual Sentinel Surveillance for HIV was started in the country in 1998 using standardized methodology. It is conducted by the National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) and the States AIDS Control Societies (SACS). National Institute of Health and Family Welfare (NIHFW) has been associated with it for data collection, monitoring, analysis and preparing the country report since 1998.
The Annual Sentinel Surveillance 2007 round was carried from 1st October 2007 to 15th January 2008 in all the states in India.
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To monitor the trajectory of the HIV epidemic among higher risk groups, the National AIDS Programme (NAP) has a two-prong surveillance system which consists of HIV sentinel serosurveillance and behavioural surveillance surveys (BSS). Both are critical components for assessing and evaluating the overall impact of the national response to HIV and AIDS. The previous round of BSS, in 2003, were conducted among the general population. Between late 2007 and the first quarter of 2008, BSS was conducted in female sex workers (FSW) and injection drug users (IDU), for the first time by the NAP.
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In 2008 a behavioural surveillance survey of female sex workers in Dili was conducted by the University of New South Wales, Australia. The survey was conducted on behalf of the Timor-Leste Ministry of Health as part of the national HIV program, which is funded by the Global Fund Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. It collected data on sexual and drug-using practices; levels of knowledge about sexually transmissible infections (STIs) and HIV; access to medical services, attitudes towards people with HIV; and demographics.
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This study is the third round of the Integrated Biological and Behavioral Surveys (IBBS) conducted from June through August 2008 among 500 Female Sex Workers (FSWs), both street (N=200) and establishment based (N=300) in the Kathmandu Valley (Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, and Lalitpur districts). The study was undertaken to measure the prevalence of HIV and syphilis, and associated risk and prevention behaviors among FSWs.
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This study is the third round of the IBBS and was conducted from June through to August 2008, among 200 female sex workers (FSWs) in Pokhara. The study was undertaken to measure the prevalence of HIV and syphilis, and associated risk behaviors, among FSWs. Demographic and sexual behavior data were collected through a structured questionnaire, while the prevalence of HIV and syphilis were selectively measured by blood samples.
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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.
The Epidemiological Fact Sheets are one of the products of close collaboration around the globe. The Fact Sheets collate the most recent country-specific data on HIV prevalence and incidence, together with information on behaviour determined to be important in understanding the epidemic.
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Sexual transmission is the fastest growing route of HIV transmission in China. We undertook this study to describe the risk factors for HIV infection in female sex workers (FSWs), and to determine the commercial sex venues where FSWs are most at risk of being infected with or infecting others with HIV.
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This study was commissioned by UNAIDS to review the existing and emerging patterns of sex work in Bangladesh in the context of the HIV epidemic. It was a rapid ethnographic snapshot; validating some of the secondary data with perspectives from the ground level informants including gatekeepers from the government, research organizations, civil society and the communities. The study used key informant interviews and focus group discussions as its method. The field study was for 5 days and the study was completed over one month’s time.
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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.
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Unprotected sex between female sex workers (FSW) and their clients is the second most common route of HIV transmission in Indonesia after sharing of contaminated drug injecting equipment. This summary presents key findings of the 2007 IBBS from eight provinces for two groups of FSW: Direct FSWs (DFSW), who consist of brothel- and street-based sex workers, and Indirect FSWs (IFSW) – women working in karaoke bars, massage parlors, etc. Official estimates are that there were 95,000 - 157,000 Direct FSWs and 85,000 - 107,000 Indirect FSWs in Indonesia in 2006.