Publications on Key Populations

This Manual grew out of the combined efforts of many people battling in Asia to stop HIV. It contains the accumulated experience of over decade of attempts to change policy and implement programs to stop this devastating scourge, collected over several years from many countries in Asia.

This paper presents selected results of several studies on MSWs in Dhaka, Bangladesh conducted between 1998 and 2000.

AIDS is the leading cause of death for people aged 15-29 in the world, and although rates have declined slightly in recent years, Cambodia still has the highest HIV seroprevalence in Asia.

The main objective of this study is “to estimate the prevalence of HIV among IDUs and assess their role in the transmission of HIV.” The study was conducted in Pokhara Valley of Kaski districts.

The main objective of this study is to estimate the prevalence of HIV among IDUs and assess their role in the transmission of HIV.

The findings of this report suggest a trend in Bangladesh toward a concentrated HIV epidemic among injecting drug users.

Cambodia is fortunate to have one of the most comprehensive BSS in the world, established in 1997 and repeated annually. The 2001 BSS is the fifth round.

This study was conducted among street and establishment-based female sex workers (FSWs) and their clients in Kathmandu. This is the first round of the Behavioral Surveillance Survey conducted among the two groups: FSWs and their clients in the Kathmandu Valley.

For many years Bangladesh has been able to escape the HIV/AIDS epidemic that is affecting countries all around us. Now the results of the fourth round of national surveillance indicate that the country has no reason to be complacent.

This survey is the first round of the BSS conducted in western to far-western sector of the Mahendra highway route of FHI project area.