Publications on Key Populations

Behaviorual Surveillance Survey (BSS) among men aged 18 years or more who have injected drugs in the last month.

This manual provides a set of guidelines for rapidly obtaining the information necessary to begin the development of effective prevention programs for sex workers and their clients.

The main objective of this study is to estimate the prevalent rates of HIV among IDUs and assess their role in the transmission of HIV. The study was conducted in four municipalities of Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur districts.

The present report details the observations of the national baseline BSS survey among high-risk groups, Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) and Injecting Drug Users (IDUs), which was conducted in 5 cities/States across the country.

This report presents the findings and conclusions from the fourth round of national HIV serological and behavioural surveillance that was conducted in 2002.

Based on the latest characteristics of HIV transmission, we have completed a study on the impact of HIV/AIDS on the economy and society in China.

This survey is the fourth round of the BSS conducted in the highway route of the FHI project area.

National Baseline BSS among Men Who Have sex with Men(MSM) was conducted in 5 cities/States across the country: Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkatta, Chennai, Bangalore.

The inter-regional workshop ‘Young people, HIV/ AIDS, Drug and Substance Use in Asia’ organized jointly by the UNICEF East Asia and the Pacific Regional Office (EAPRO) and the Regional Office for South Asia (ROSA), in collaboration with UNDCP Regional office for South Asia, took place in Kathmandu, Nepal, from 18 – 22 March 2002.

In spite of recent decades of unprecedented economic growth and industrialization in South East Asia, the bulk of economic activity is still based on agricultural production in rural areas. While urbanization continues to be a key demographic trend, most people still live in rural areas working in the agricultural sector.