This study is the third round of the IBBS conducted from June through August 2008 among 500 Female Sex Workers (FSWs) in the Kathmandu Valley (Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, and Lalitpur districts).
This study is the third round of the Integrated Biological and Behavioral Surveys (IBBS) conducted from June through August 2008 among 500 Female Sex Workers (FSWs), both street (N=200) and establishment based (N=300) in the Kathmandu Valley (Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, and Lalitpur districts). The study was undertaken to measure the prevalence of HIV and syphilis, and associated risk and prevention behaviors among FSWs.