FHI - FHI/India Staff Co-author Peer-Reviewed Papers in IAS Journal

JANUARY 2009 — Staff of FHI's office in India co-authored eight peer-reviewed papers in the special December 2008 supplemental issue of AIDS, the official journal of the International AIDS Society. Abstracts may be viewed online and AIDS subscribers may access PDFs.

The special issue is dedicated to India's Integrated Behavioral and Biological Assessment (IBBA). As a monitoring and evaluation partner on the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Avahan India AIDS Initiatives, FHI is conducting the IBBA and developing the Computerized Management Information System.

Titles of Papers Co-authored by FHI Staff

Evaluation design for large-scale HIV prevention programmes: the case of Avahan, the India AIDS initiative

Baseline integrated behavioural and biological assessment among most at-risk populations in six high-prevalence states of India: design and implementation challenges

Determinants of HIV prevalence among female sex workers in four south Indian states: analysis of cross-sectional surveys in twenty-three districts

Sexual practices, HIV and sexually transmitted infections among self-identified men who have sex with men in four high HIV prevalence states of India

Injecting and sexual risk behaviours, sexually transmitted infections and HIV prevalence in injecting drug users in three states in India

HIV, sexually transmitted infections and sexual behaviour of male clients of female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra, India: results of a cross-sectional survey

Risk behaviour, sexually transmitted infections and HIV among long-distance truck drivers: a cross-sectional survey along national highways in India

Appropriateness and execution challenges of three formal size estimation methods for high-risk populations in India

View abstracts and access PDFs (subscribers).

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