Findings of the Behavioral Surveillance Survey (BSS 1996-2000) on Female Commercial Sex Workers and Adult Male Respondents in Indonesia

Behavioral surveillance surveys (BSS) form an important component of integrated surveillance systems for monitoring the HIV epidemic and are included in the second generation surveillance systems recommended by UNAIDS and WHO.

This report highlights findings from female sex workers and adult males (specifically sailors and seaport workers and truckers and their assistants) from the first through the fifth waves of the BSS, conducted yearly in 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000.