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PROJECT Both India’s National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) and the Avahan initiative of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have placed special emphasis on the need to reduce HIV risk among mobile populations by implementing interventions to prevent the spread of the virus. At present, however, little is known about the patterns of movement of various at-risk populations, the nature and extent of the interaction among them, and the implications of such migration on HIV transmission. Specific objectives of this project are to:
Council staff members are conducting research in four states in southern and western India with high prevalence of HIV, namely, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu. (Goa may be included if there is adequate evidence from the initial stages of research to suggest a large volume of migration toward Goa.) As a first step, surveys will be conducted at the major destination points of male migrant workers and sex workers in major cities of Andhra Pradesh (especially Hyderabad), Karnataka (especially Bangalore), Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu (especially Chennai). The surveys will be followed by the identification, characterization, and survey of intermediate destination points/transit points and points of origin of the migrants. Location Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu, India Duration December 2005–December 2008 Population Council researchers Ravi K. Verma, Anrudh Jain, Saroj Pachauri, Saumya RamaRao, Niranjan Saggurti, Vaishali Sharma Non-Council collaborators Shalini Bharat (Tata Institute of Social Sciences) Shiva Halli (Karnataka Health Promotion Trust) Hanimi Reddy (TNS Pvt. Ltd.) Rajendra Singh (MODE Pvt. Ltd.) Donor Avahan, the India AIDS Initiative of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation See Also
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