HIV biological behavioral surveillance is the systematic collection of data to assess risk behaviors (i.e., condom use, number of sexual partners, types of sexual partners, drug use, etc.), HIV knowledge and testing, health care coverage, stigma and discrimination and other information and to measure HIV and other infections (most often syphilis and Hepatitis B and C, but also sexually transmitted infections such as Chlamydia and Gonorrhea) among key populations. The results of these surveys are used to track the HIV epidemic and to provide evidence for better program planning. I provided technical assistance to conduct the first international HIV biological behavioral surveillance surveys among Female Sex Workers (FSW), Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) and People who Inject Drugs (PWID) in Vietnam in 2004. Since then, I have provided technical assistance for over 300 surveys in over 30 countries. Some of the activities I have provided include: - formative research to determine the most appropriate sampling method for the population under study
- protocol, questionnaire and field materials development
- data collection supervision
- data analysis and interpretation
- drafting of final reports
- presenting findings in country dissemination workshops
Details starting with most recent date
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Country
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Dates
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Populations studied
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Hiring organization
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ARMENIA
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2015 to 2018
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Men who have sex
with men (MSM), people who inject drugs (PWID), female sex workers (FSW),
migrants
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Expertise France,
Global fund to fight aids tuberculosis and malaria (GFATM)
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THAILAND
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2007 to 2008, 2015
to 2018
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PWID, FSW
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Centers for disease
control and prevention (CDC), Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
(UNAIDS)
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MOROCCO
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2011 to 2018
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MSM, PWID, FSW,
Anglophone and Francophone sub-Saharan migrants
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UNAIDS, GFATM
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CHINA
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2017 to 2018
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Young MSM
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CDC, United Nations
Children's Fund (UNICEF)
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INDONESIA
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2012 to 2017
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MSM, PWID
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Family Health
International (FHI); FHI360
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MAURITIUS
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2009 to 2012, 2017
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MSM, PWID, FSW,
Transgender persons (TG)
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United nations
office on drugs and crime (UNODC), GFATM
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PALESTINE
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2015 to 2017
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People who use
drugs (PWUD)
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World Health
Organization (WHO)
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TIMOR LESTE
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2015 to 2017
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MSM, FSW
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Australasian
Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine (ASHM)
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UKRAINE
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2005 to 2017
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MSM, PWID, FSW
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International AIDS
Alliance
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MYANMAR
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2014 to 2016
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MSM, PWID, FSW
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UNAIDS
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ITALY
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2011 to 2016
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MSM
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Azienda Ospedaliera
Universitaria Integrata Verona for European-wide SAILON II project
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
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2008 to 2016
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MSM, PWID, FSW
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US EMBASSY, CDC
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VIETNAM
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2004 to 2016
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MSM, PWID, FSW
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CDC, FHI360
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MADAGASCAR
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2011 to 2015
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MSM, PWID
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GFATM
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PAPUA (INDONESIA)
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2013 to 2014
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MSM
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Clinton Health
Access Initiative
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KOSOVO
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2014
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MSM, PWID, FSW
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GFATM
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BELARUS
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2013 to 2014
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MSM, PWID
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United Nations
Development Program (UNDP)
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CAMEROON
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2010 to 2014
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MSM
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Population Services
International (PSI)
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GUATEMALA
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2011 to 2013
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PWUD
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Tulane University,
School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
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EL SALVADOR
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2011 to 2013
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MSM
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Tulane University,
School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
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TANZANIA & ZANZIBAR
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2008 to 2013
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MSM, FSW, PWID
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CDC
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SEYCHELLES
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2010 to 2012
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MSM, PWID
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Seychelles Ministry
of Health
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CROATIA
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2006 to 2011
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MSM
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UNDP, CDC
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ZAMBIA
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2007
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MSM
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CDC
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CARIBBEAN
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2007
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MSM, FSW
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CDC, Caribbean
Epidemiological Center (CAREC)
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SOUTH AFRICA
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2006 to 2007
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High risk
heterosexual men
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Medical Research
Center (MRC)
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BRAZIL
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2004 to 2006
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MSM, FSW
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CDC
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SERBIA
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2005
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FSW, PWID
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CDC
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MONTENEGRO
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2005
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FSW, PWID
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CDC
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ESTONIA
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2008 to 2010
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MSM, FSW
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Institute for
Health Development (IHD)
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LIBYA
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2010
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MSM, FSW, PWID
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Liverpool School of
Tropical Medicine
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PHILIPPINES
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2008 to 2012
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MSM, FSW, PWID
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UNAIDS
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ALBANIA
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2007 to 2008
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MSM, PWID, children
living on the street
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UNAIDS, World
Vision International
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BANGLADESH
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2006 to 2008
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MSM
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FHI
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INDIA
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2005 to 2006
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FSW, PWID
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FHI, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
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