The National Research Institute Special Publication no. 59: Behavioural Surveillance Research in Rural Development Enclaves in Papua New Guinea - A Study with the WR Carpenters Workforce

WR Carpenter Estates operates in an area of higher HIV prevalence in Western Highlands Province. The various tea and coffee estates are situated in proximity to and along the Highlands Highway and they employ large numbers of workers from the Highlands provinces. WR Carpenter Estates was invited as a prioritized site for national behavioural surveillance research by the National Department of Health and the NRI BSS team who collected the data that this report is based on in late 2008.

The data from this report creates a baseline to support NDoH national behavioral surveillance monitoring and trend data collection. The data also create a baseline for monitoring the NDoH/ADB HIV Prevention in Rural Economic Enclave Project with the WR Carpenters coffee and tea plantation workforce.