IBBS Field operations and monitoring manual English
IBBS Field operations and monitoring manual English
IBBS Field operations and monitoring manual English
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Integrated Behavioral <strong>and</strong> Biological Surveillance<strong>Field</strong> Operations <strong>and</strong> Monitoring ManualHIV <strong>and</strong> AIDS epidemic through Enhanced policies <strong>and</strong> program at the local, regional,HIV/AIDS Control in 2003. As part of the provincial <strong>and</strong> national levels. The followingresponse, the Canadian InternationalDevelopment Agency (CIDA) providedassistance for the establishment of an effectivenational HIV/AIDS Surveillance Project2(HASP). To date, HASP has strengthened <strong>and</strong>exp<strong>and</strong>ed the existing provincial surveillance<strong>and</strong> <strong>monitoring</strong> system by involving theNational/Provincial AIDS Control Programs <strong>and</strong>o t h e r s t a k e h o l d e r s i n c l u d i n g n o n -governmental organizations, researchinstitutions <strong>and</strong> laboratories in thedevelopment <strong>and</strong> implementation of aneffective “second generation surveillance” HIVsurveillance system.The <strong>monitoring</strong> of trends in HIV prevalence isconducted through surveillance activities. Inlow-level epidemics, the risk of HIV infection islikely to be concentrated among those withhigher risk behaviors [e.g., female sex workers(FSWs), injection drug users (IDUs), men havingsex with men (MSM) etc.]. Surveillance effortsare mainly focused on these groups. Throughthis system, national; <strong>and</strong> to a certain extentregional <strong>and</strong> local; trends in HIV risk behaviorsamong these populations can also be assessed.The risk behavior trend data obtained throughthe system will provide important informationthat can be triangulated with other datasources to assess the effects of preventionare the goals <strong>and</strong> objectives of the project:1.1 Project Goal“To collect, analyze <strong>and</strong> disseminate accurateinformation on the prevalence of key riskbehaviors <strong>and</strong> of HIV in selected vulnerablegroups in order to guide the development ofprevention <strong>and</strong> care programs <strong>and</strong> policies inPakistan.”1.2 Project ObjectivesTo conduct geographic mapping of MSWs,Hijra, FSWs, IDUs in selected sites.To draw a representative sample of MSWs,Hijra, FSWs, IDUs in selected sites for theconduct of Integrated Behavioral <strong>and</strong>Biological Surveillance (<strong>IBBS</strong>).To collect socio-demographic <strong>and</strong>behavioral information <strong>and</strong> Dried BloodSpot specimens from selected samples ofMSWs, Hijra, FSWs, <strong>and</strong> IDUs in selectedsites.To analyze integrated behavioral <strong>and</strong> biologicaldata <strong>and</strong> disseminate it to inform policymakers<strong>and</strong> stakeholders for program development.2HASP is a CIDA project, implemented by a consortium of Agriteam Canada Consulting Ltd., the University of Manitoba <strong>and</strong>ProAction: Partners for Community Health, Inc., with technical assistance from the Public Health Agency of Canada.7
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