Integrated Biological and Behavioral Surveillance Survey among Men Who have Sex with Men and Transgender in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal: Round V – 2015 (Fact Sheet)

This is the fifth round of the IBBS survey conducted among men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender (TG) population in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal. Previously, the survey was carried out in 2004, 2007, 2009 and 2012 in the same location among the same population. In line with the objectives of the previous rounds of the IBBS, this survey was also undertaken primarily with objectives to:

• Determine the prevalence and trend of HIV Syphilis, Chlamydia Trachomati (CT) and Neisseria Gonorrhea (NG) and associated risk behaviors among MSM/ Transgender (TG),
• Collect information related to socio-demographic characteristics
• Explore the association between the risk behaviors and HIV and other specific STIs among the MSM and TG population.

Fieldwork for data collection was conducted in August, 2015.