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Results of the Survey: “What we need”Characteristics of the Study PopulationThe study population of 93 was made up of the following groups based on theirvulnerability to infection. These groups included (Table 1):• Male drug users (DU) which numbered 27 or 29% of the total population ofrespondents.• Heterosexually infected men numbering eight and forming 8.6% of totalpopulation• Men who have sex with men (MSM) numbering eight (8.6%)• Heterosexually infected women numbering 22 or 23.7%• Female sex workers numbering 13 or 14.0%• Transgender sex workers (eight members or 8.6%),• Refugees from Myanmar (7 or 7.5%) who incidentally were all male.Table 1Distribution of Respondents by FGD GroupsGROUP No. %1 Drug Users (DU) 27 29.02 Heterosexually infected men 8 8.63 Men who have sex with men (MSM) 8 8.64 Heterosexually Infected Women 22 23.75 Female sex workers 13 14.06 Transgender l Sex workers 8 8.67 Refugees from Myanmar (Chins) 7 7.5Total 93 100Background of RespondentsGenderMore than half of the respondents (53.8%) were males (Table 2). Slightly over one third(36.6%) were females while 9.6% were transgender.EthnicityAbout one third (31 or 33.3%) of the respondents were Malays, almost half (16) of whomcame from the male DU group (Table 2). Incidentally, more than half of this group(59.3%) were Malays. About a quarter (7 out of 22) of the women infected by their99