Behavioral and Sero Prevalence Survey among Injecting Drug Users in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal: 2002

Injecting drug users function as a “bridging population” for HIV transmission between a core HIV risk group and general population. The main objective of this study is to estimate the prevalent rates of HIV among IDUs and assess their role in the transmission of HIV. The study was conducted in four municipalities of Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur districts. Three-hundred and three male IDUs were sampled from 20 different randomly selected sites, through respondent-driven sampling (RDS). In Kathmandu, fifty-seven females were sampled randomly instead of using the RDS method.