Integrated Biological and Behavioral Surveillance Survey among Male Labour Migrants in Western and Mid to Far Western Region of Nepal: Round VI – 2017 (Fact Sheet)

Nepal is one of the major source countries of migrant laborers, helping to fulfill the demand of the rapidly industrializing countries in Asia and abroad. This is the sixth round of the Integrated Biological and Behavioral Surveillance (IBBS) survey conducted as a part of the national surveillance plan of NCASC among the Male Labour Migrants (MLMs). The objectives of the survey were to track the trend in the prevalence of HIV among MLMs and to explore the sexual risk behaviors associated with the HIV infection. This survey was carried during December 2016 to May 2017. This survey was carried out by the School of Planning Monitoring Evaluation and Research (SPMER) under the leadership of the National Centre for AIDS and STD Control (NCASC).