Multiple projects on the distribution and determinants of STI and HIV in key populations (FSW, MSM, TGW, PWID) in a conservative LMIC population

Integrated bio-behavioural surveillance (IBBS) survey was conducted based on the most recent HIV surveillance guidelines of WHO and UNAIDS among several KPs - female sex workers (FSW), people who inject drugs (PWID), men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women (TGW) population. The objectives of IBBS were to estimate the prevalence of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis C (HCV) infections, assess the levels of risk behaviours, access to HIV prevention and treatment services, experience of stigma, discrimination and violence, and knowledge about HIV/STIs transmission. The project will involve analysis of the data collected from 9,678 individual in the Bangladesh. Proposed projects 1. Socio-demographic and behavioural determinants of STD/ HIV among FSW, MSM and transgender population in Bangladesh: Integrated bio-behavioural surveillance 2. Prevalence of HIV, risk behaviours and vulnerabilities of sex partners of the MSM population in Bangladesh 3. Assessment of the social and structural determinants of sexual risk behaviour and health service utilisation among FSW and transgender population in Bangladesh 4. Knowledge, attitude, and preventive practices concerning STD/HIV among MSM/FSW in a resource poor setting on conservative population.