Document Type
Report
Publication Date
2011
Abstract
Report of a study assessing the important role of migration in the spread of HIV in districts with high out-migration in India. The study suggests a considerable spread of HIV linked to migrants’ extramarital sexual behaviors, and subsequent delay in treatment for infected spouses. In order to control the spread of HIV, the study provides programmatic recommendations made by the study participants and the counselors from ICTCs and ART centers. These suggestions include village-level mapping of at-risk persons, mainstreaming HIV prevention interventions within current health resources, improving various village level HIV prevention programs, and involving women left behind by migrant spouses to participate in these programs.
Recommended Citation
Saggurti, Niranjan, Bidhubhusan Mahapatra, Suvakanta N. Swain, Madhusudana Battala, Alka Narang, and Umesh Chawla. 2011. "Migration and HIV in India: Study of select districts." New Delhi: UNDP, NACO, and Population Council.
DOI
10.31899/hiv1.1007
Language
English
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