Publications on Key Populations

Between late 2007 and the first quarter of 2008, BSS was conducted in female sex workers (FSW) and injection drug users (IDU), for the first time by the NAP.

The core of HIV/AIDS policy was the detection of hidden HIV cases through compulsory testing. In addition, the surveillance of HIV positive individuals was enforced as a follow-through measure.

The Asian Epidemic Model (AEM) Projections for HIV/AIDS in Thailand 2005-2025 were prepared by the Analysis and Advocacy Project (A2) in Thailand.

Everywhere in the world, rates of HIV-infection among prison populations are generally much higher than in the general population. Drug use in general, and injecting drug use in particular, as well as violence and the practice of men having sex with men are widespread in prisons.

Presentation of population size estimation of MSM in Cambodia in 2008 with Capture-Recapture Methodology in 6 cities.

The Annual Sentinel Surveillance 2007 round was carried from 1st October 2007 to 15th January 2008 in all the states in India.

Department of Health (DH) commissioned the Chinese University of Hong Kong to repeat the PRiSM survey in 2008.

In 2008 a behavioural surveillance survey of female sex workers in Dili was conducted by the University of New South Wales, Australia.

The general objective of the 2008 BBS was to provide baseline data for a better understanding of the situation of the most-at-risk populations (MARPs), including the most-at-risk adolescents (MARA) in the Maldives.

National Center for HIV/AIDS, Dermatology and STD presented on November 14, 2008 the HIV prevalence data among drug users in Cambodia.