Behavioral Surveillance Survey in Maharashtra: Summary Report Wave III

The purpose of the Behavioral Surveillance Survey (BSS) is to systematically monitor trends in HIV / STI risk behavior over time. Thus, it is imperative to conduct BSS at certain periodicity to track the behavior change systematically.

The BSS wave III covered the same seven districts (viz., Mumbai, Thane, Sangli, Solapur, Satara, Aurangabad, and Nagpur), which were included in the previous wave. The wave III covers three new groups in addition to the groups covered in the wave II namely: unmarried female college students, unmarried female slum youth aged 15-19 years, and unmarried female slum youth aged 20-24 years.