Integrated Biological and Behavioral Surveillance Survey among Female Sex Workers in 22 Terai Highway Districts of Nepal: Round IV - 2009

The fourth round of the Integrated Biological and Behavioral Surveillance (IBBS) survey among female sex workers (FSW) in 22 Terai highway districts was launched on February 20, 2009. A total of 600 female sex workers were recruited for the study, out of whom 400 were recruited from six study sites representing 16 districts between Jhapa in the eastern region and Rupandehi in the western region along the highway in the Terai. Another 200 were recruited from three sites representing six districts between Kapilvastu in the western region and Kanchanpur in the far western region. Data for the study were collected from February 28 to April 25, 2009.