Integrated biological and behavioral assessment reports (IBBS)

The overall objective of the study is to determine the levels of HIV and STI prevalence and risk behavior among men who have sex with men (MSM) subpopulation in Kathmandu.

The study was conducted among IDUs in the districts of the Western to Far Western Terai. Three hundred male IDUs were sampled using the respondent driven sampling (RDS) methodology.

The study was conducted in the Kathmandu Valley. Three hundred male IDUs were sampled using the respondent driven sampling (RDS) methodology.

The study was conducted in the Pokhara Valley. Three hundred male IDUs were sampled using the respondent-driven sampling (RDS) methodology.

The study was conducted in among IDUs in the sub-metropolitan city and municipalities, and the highway areas of Jhapa, Sunsari, and Morang districts of the Eastern Terai.

This study was conducted among 200 female sex workers (FSWs) and 400 clients in the Pokhara Valley.

This study was conducted among 200 street and 300 establishment-based female sex workers (FSWs) and their clients in the Kathmandu Valley.

The findings presented here are part of the round one surveillance activities carried out in eight cities of Pakistan by the National AIDS Control Program (NACP) through its HIV/AIDS Surveillance Project (HASP).

In 2006 the Ministry of Health and provincial Health Offices in Tanah Papua, in collaboration with the National/Local AIDS Commission, Statistics Indonesia (BPS), with support from the World Bank and USAID – FHI/ASA has completed IBBS in Tanah Papua.

From October 2005 to June 2006, IBBS was conducted among selected population groups in Hanoi, Quang Ninh, Hai Phong, Da Nang, Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), An Giang, and Can Tho.