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Report on baseline study in Andhra Pradesh, India
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Frontiers Prevention Project: report on baseline study in Andhra Pradesh, India (English) 1,016.0Kb |
| India is estimated to have over 5.1 million persons living with HIV, the second-highest number for any country in the world after South Africa, according to the National AIDS Control Organisation of India (NACO) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). Andhra Pradesh has one of the fastest increasing HIV/AIDS prevalence rates in India. NACO estimates that more than 400,000 people are living with HIV in Andhra Pradesh, the second highest number after Maharashtra state. This is 10% of the total HIV cases in India. India, including Andhra Pradesh, faces a risk of a larger HIV epidemic if adequate control measures are not applied effectively. Prevention focused on high-risk populations, if effective, could greatly reduce this threat.
The Frontiers Prevention Project (FPP) has been implementing focused prevention in Telengana and Rayalseema regions of Andhra Pradesh to contribute to this effort towards HIV control and an evaluation strategy was developed to measure the impact of the FPP package of prevention interventions. As part of this evaluation, a baseline survey was carried out with over 12,000 female sex workers (FSWs) and men who have sex with men (MSM) in forty geographic sites of the state of AP, India, which were previously identified as the sites with a high number of FSWs and where MSM could be accessed through non-governmental organisations having links with them. The final report of the baseline study, which includes findings from both behavioural and biomarker surveys that were carried out, is now available. |
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| Intended audience | NGO support programmes Training organisations INGOs NGOs Policy makers Donors |
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| Author | International HIV/AIDS Alliance (Secretariat) ASCI INSP NIMS |
| Language | English |
| Date published | 20/02/2006 |
| Size | 121 pages |
| Themes | Country - India Subject - Frontiers Prevention Project Subject - Monitoring and Evaluation Subject - Prevention |
| Type | Lessons learnt report/study |
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