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The Opoid Substitution Therapy (OST) is a medicine (Beuprenorphin-BPN) used by IDUs under the tongue with the consult of expert medical officer. The OST has been recognized worldwide as an effective treatment for opioid dependence and harm reduction strategy. OST Read More …

The broader transmission of HIV beyond these HRGs often occurs through those who also have lower risk sexual partners in the ‘general’ population. For example, a worker might also have a wife or other partner who is at risk of Read More …

There are three core high risk groups (HRGs) of individuals who are most at risk include: Female Sex Workers (FSWs). High risk Men who have Sex with Men (MSM), and Transgenders (TGs). Injecting Drug Users (IDUs).

There are six (6) basic components of TIs – Referral/Linkage (To HIV/AIDS related service). Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Management. Behavioral Change Communication (BCC). Condom Promotion. Enabling Environment. Community Mobilization.

The term Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) is used to denote all men who have sex with men as a matter of preference or practice, regardless of their sexual identity or sexual orientation and irrespective of whether they Read More …

Those who used any drug through injecting routes in the last three months.

A Female Sex Worker (FSW) defined as an adult woman who engages in consensual sex for payment in kind, as her principal means of livelihood.

A group of population or an individual that practices high risk behavior. This includes Female Sex Worker (FSW), Men having Sex with Men (MSM) and Injecting Drug Users (IDUs) to some extent Migrants and Truckers also.

Intervention (HIV/AIDS Related Services) among targeted population i.e. Female Sex Worker (FSW), Men Having Sex with Men (MSM), Injecting Drug User (IDUs), Migrants and Truckers is called Targeted Intervention. Given this pattern of epidemic transmission, it is most effective and Read More …

ICTC stands for Integrated Counselling and Testing Centre.