Mapping and Situation Assessment of Key Populations at High Risk of HIV in Three Cities of Afghanistan

As yet, little is known about the HIV epidemic status and potential in Afghanistan. The country seems to be at an early epidemic phase with low HIV prevalence, but there are a number of underlying vulnerability factors that could lead to the condit...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
HIV
TB
WAR
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/04/9452047/mapping-situation-assessment-key-populations-high-risk-hiv-three-cities-afghanistan
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language English
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topic ADDICTION
ADULT MEN
AGED
AIDS PROJECT
ARMED CONFLICT
AVERAGE AGE
BEHAVIOURAL CORRELATES
BEHAVIOURAL DATA
BLOOD SAMPLES
CAPACITY BUILDING
CENTRAL ASIAN
CIRCUMCISION
CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
COMMERCIAL SEX
COMMERCIAL SEX WORK
COMMERCIAL SEX WORKER
COMMUNICABLE DISEASE
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
CONDOM
CONDOM USE
CONDOMS
CRIME
CULTURAL BARRIERS
DISEASE
DISEASE SURVEILLANCE
DISEASES
DRUG TRAFFICKING
DRUGS
EPIDEMIC
EPIDEMICS
ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
EXERCISES
FAMILIES
FEMALE RESEARCHERS
FEMALE SEX WORKERS
FORMAL EDUCATION
GENDER ROLES
GOVERNMENT OFFICES
HARM REDUCTION
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
HEALTH RESEARCH
HEALTH SERVICES
HEPATITIS
HEPATITIS B
HEPATITIS B VIRUS
HEPATITIS C
HIGH RISK ACTIVITIES
HIGH RISK GROUPS
HIGH-RISK
HIGH-RISK BEHAVIOURS
HIGH-RISK GROUPS
HIGH-RISK POPULATIONS
HIV
HIV POSITIVE
HIV TRANSMISSION
HOMOSEXUAL ACTS
HOSPITALS
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS
ILLICIT DRUG USE
ILLICIT DRUGS
IMMUNODEFICIENCY
INFECTION
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
INFORMED CONSENT
INJECTING DRUG USE
INJECTING DRUG USERS
INJECTING DRUGS
INJECTION DRUG
INJECTION DRUG USE
INJECTION EQUIPMENT
INJECTION HISTORY
INTERNATIONAL BORDERS
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION
LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
LEGAL STATUS
LEVELS OF CONDOM USE
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
MALE CIRCUMCISION
MALE SEX
MARITAL STATUS
MEDICAL RESEARCH
MEDICINE
MIDWIVES
MODERNIZATION
NATIONAL AIDS
NATIONAL AIDS CONTROL
NATURAL DISASTERS
NEEDLE SHARING
NEEDLES
NEVER USED CONDOM
NUMBER OF REFUGEES
OBSTETRIC CARE
PATHOLOGY
PATIENTS
PERSONAL COMMUNICATION
PHARMACEUTICALS
PHARMACIES
PHARMACISTS
PHARMACY
PHYSICIANS
POPULATION GROUPS
POPULATION SIZE
PREGNANT WOMEN
PREVALENCE
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRISONS
PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL
PROVISION OF SERVICES
PUBLIC HEALTH
REFUGEES
REHABILITATION
RELIGIOUS LEADERS
RETURNEES
RISK BEHAVIOUR
RISK FACTORS
RISK GROUPS
SCHOOLS
SECONDARY SCHOOL
SERVICE DELIVERY
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SEX PRACTICES
SEX WITH MEN
SEX WORKER
SEX WORKERS
SEXUAL BEHAVIOURS
SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS
SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
SEXUAL NETWORKS
SEXUAL PARTNERS
SEXUAL RELATIONS
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS
SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
SOCIAL RESEARCH
SOCIAL SCIENCES
SOCIAL SERVICES
SOCIAL UPHEAVAL
STIS
STRATEGIC PRIORITY
SURVEILLANCE PROJECT
SYPHILIS
SYPHILIS TESTING
SYRINGES
TB
TRAINING MANUAL
TRANSMISSION
TUBERCULOSIS
URBAN AREAS
VOLUNTARY COUNSELLING
VULNERABILITY
VULNERABLE GROUPS
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
WAR
WOMAN
YOUNG AGE
spellingShingle ADDICTION
ADULT MEN
AGED
AIDS PROJECT
ARMED CONFLICT
AVERAGE AGE
BEHAVIOURAL CORRELATES
BEHAVIOURAL DATA
BLOOD SAMPLES
CAPACITY BUILDING
CENTRAL ASIAN
CIRCUMCISION
CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
COMMERCIAL SEX
COMMERCIAL SEX WORK
COMMERCIAL SEX WORKER
COMMUNICABLE DISEASE
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
CONDOM
CONDOM USE
CONDOMS
CRIME
CULTURAL BARRIERS
DISEASE
DISEASE SURVEILLANCE
DISEASES
DRUG TRAFFICKING
DRUGS
EPIDEMIC
EPIDEMICS
ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
EXERCISES
FAMILIES
FEMALE RESEARCHERS
FEMALE SEX WORKERS
FORMAL EDUCATION
GENDER ROLES
GOVERNMENT OFFICES
HARM REDUCTION
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
HEALTH RESEARCH
HEALTH SERVICES
HEPATITIS
HEPATITIS B
HEPATITIS B VIRUS
HEPATITIS C
HIGH RISK ACTIVITIES
HIGH RISK GROUPS
HIGH-RISK
HIGH-RISK BEHAVIOURS
HIGH-RISK GROUPS
HIGH-RISK POPULATIONS
HIV
HIV POSITIVE
HIV TRANSMISSION
HOMOSEXUAL ACTS
HOSPITALS
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS
ILLICIT DRUG USE
ILLICIT DRUGS
IMMUNODEFICIENCY
INFECTION
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
INFORMED CONSENT
INJECTING DRUG USE
INJECTING DRUG USERS
INJECTING DRUGS
INJECTION DRUG
INJECTION DRUG USE
INJECTION EQUIPMENT
INJECTION HISTORY
INTERNATIONAL BORDERS
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION
LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
LEGAL STATUS
LEVELS OF CONDOM USE
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
MALE CIRCUMCISION
MALE SEX
MARITAL STATUS
MEDICAL RESEARCH
MEDICINE
MIDWIVES
MODERNIZATION
NATIONAL AIDS
NATIONAL AIDS CONTROL
NATURAL DISASTERS
NEEDLE SHARING
NEEDLES
NEVER USED CONDOM
NUMBER OF REFUGEES
OBSTETRIC CARE
PATHOLOGY
PATIENTS
PERSONAL COMMUNICATION
PHARMACEUTICALS
PHARMACIES
PHARMACISTS
PHARMACY
PHYSICIANS
POPULATION GROUPS
POPULATION SIZE
PREGNANT WOMEN
PREVALENCE
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRISONS
PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL
PROVISION OF SERVICES
PUBLIC HEALTH
REFUGEES
REHABILITATION
RELIGIOUS LEADERS
RETURNEES
RISK BEHAVIOUR
RISK FACTORS
RISK GROUPS
SCHOOLS
SECONDARY SCHOOL
SERVICE DELIVERY
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SEX PRACTICES
SEX WITH MEN
SEX WORKER
SEX WORKERS
SEXUAL BEHAVIOURS
SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS
SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
SEXUAL NETWORKS
SEXUAL PARTNERS
SEXUAL RELATIONS
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS
SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
SOCIAL RESEARCH
SOCIAL SCIENCES
SOCIAL SERVICES
SOCIAL UPHEAVAL
STIS
STRATEGIC PRIORITY
SURVEILLANCE PROJECT
SYPHILIS
SYPHILIS TESTING
SYRINGES
TB
TRAINING MANUAL
TRANSMISSION
TUBERCULOSIS
URBAN AREAS
VOLUNTARY COUNSELLING
VULNERABILITY
VULNERABLE GROUPS
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
WAR
WOMAN
YOUNG AGE
World Bank
Mapping and Situation Assessment of Key Populations at High Risk of HIV in Three Cities of Afghanistan
geographic_facet South Asia
Afghanistan
relation South Asia human development sector series;no. 23
description As yet, little is known about the HIV epidemic status and potential in Afghanistan. The country seems to be at an early epidemic phase with low HIV prevalence, but there are a number of underlying vulnerability factors that could lead to the conditions for epidemic expansion, including drug trafficking, the post-conflict situation with displacement of populations, a fledgling health care system, and a low level of knowledge and awareness about HIV/AIDS. As in other parts of central and south Asia, the most important proximate determinants of the scale and distribution of an HIV epidemic in Afghanistan will be the size and characteristics of high risk networks involving injecting drug users (IDUs), female sex workers (FSWs) and men who have sex with men (MSM) who are at high risk. Assessments from elsewhere in central Asia indicate an explosive growth in injecting drug use and commercial sex work throughout the region, concurrent epidemics of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and economic and political migration. As yet, little information is known about the size, distribution, and characteristics of IDU and sex worker sub-populations in Afghanistan. Therefore, the World Bank (WB) agreed with the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) to contract with the University of Manitoba (UM) to conduct an assessment of these three key, high risk populations in three cities of Afghanistan (Mazar-i-Sharif, Jalalabad, and Kabul).
format Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author World Bank
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title Mapping and Situation Assessment of Key Populations at High Risk of HIV in Three Cities of Afghanistan
title_short Mapping and Situation Assessment of Key Populations at High Risk of HIV in Three Cities of Afghanistan
title_full Mapping and Situation Assessment of Key Populations at High Risk of HIV in Three Cities of Afghanistan
title_fullStr Mapping and Situation Assessment of Key Populations at High Risk of HIV in Three Cities of Afghanistan
title_full_unstemmed Mapping and Situation Assessment of Key Populations at High Risk of HIV in Three Cities of Afghanistan
title_sort mapping and situation assessment of key populations at high risk of hiv in three cities of afghanistan
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/04/9452047/mapping-situation-assessment-key-populations-high-risk-hiv-three-cities-afghanistan
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17938
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spelling okr-10986-179382021-04-23T14:03:35Z Mapping and Situation Assessment of Key Populations at High Risk of HIV in Three Cities of Afghanistan World Bank ADDICTION ADULT MEN AGED AIDS PROJECT ARMED CONFLICT AVERAGE AGE BEHAVIOURAL CORRELATES BEHAVIOURAL DATA BLOOD SAMPLES CAPACITY BUILDING CENTRAL ASIAN CIRCUMCISION CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS COMMERCIAL SEX COMMERCIAL SEX WORK COMMERCIAL SEX WORKER COMMUNICABLE DISEASE COMMUNITY OUTREACH CONDOM CONDOM USE CONDOMS CRIME CULTURAL BARRIERS DISEASE DISEASE SURVEILLANCE DISEASES DRUG TRAFFICKING DRUGS EPIDEMIC EPIDEMICS ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS EXERCISES FAMILIES FEMALE RESEARCHERS FEMALE SEX WORKERS FORMAL EDUCATION GENDER ROLES GOVERNMENT OFFICES HARM REDUCTION HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH RESEARCH HEALTH SERVICES HEPATITIS HEPATITIS B HEPATITIS B VIRUS HEPATITIS C HIGH RISK ACTIVITIES HIGH RISK GROUPS HIGH-RISK HIGH-RISK BEHAVIOURS HIGH-RISK GROUPS HIGH-RISK POPULATIONS HIV HIV POSITIVE HIV TRANSMISSION HOMOSEXUAL ACTS HOSPITALS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ILLICIT DRUG USE ILLICIT DRUGS IMMUNODEFICIENCY INFECTION INFECTIOUS DISEASES INFORMED CONSENT INJECTING DRUG USE INJECTING DRUG USERS INJECTING DRUGS INJECTION DRUG INJECTION DRUG USE INJECTION EQUIPMENT INJECTION HISTORY INTERNATIONAL BORDERS INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LEGAL STATUS LEVELS OF CONDOM USE LEVELS OF EDUCATION MALE CIRCUMCISION MALE SEX MARITAL STATUS MEDICAL RESEARCH MEDICINE MIDWIVES MODERNIZATION NATIONAL AIDS NATIONAL AIDS CONTROL NATURAL DISASTERS NEEDLE SHARING NEEDLES NEVER USED CONDOM NUMBER OF REFUGEES OBSTETRIC CARE PATHOLOGY PATIENTS PERSONAL COMMUNICATION PHARMACEUTICALS PHARMACIES PHARMACISTS PHARMACY PHYSICIANS POPULATION GROUPS POPULATION SIZE PREGNANT WOMEN PREVALENCE PRIMARY SCHOOL PRISONS PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL PROVISION OF SERVICES PUBLIC HEALTH REFUGEES REHABILITATION RELIGIOUS LEADERS RETURNEES RISK BEHAVIOUR RISK FACTORS RISK GROUPS SCHOOLS SECONDARY SCHOOL SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS SEX PRACTICES SEX WITH MEN SEX WORKER SEX WORKERS SEXUAL BEHAVIOURS SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS SEXUAL EXPLOITATION SEXUAL NETWORKS SEXUAL PARTNERS SEXUAL RELATIONS SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE SOCIAL RESEARCH SOCIAL SCIENCES SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL UPHEAVAL STIS STRATEGIC PRIORITY SURVEILLANCE PROJECT SYPHILIS SYPHILIS TESTING SYRINGES TB TRAINING MANUAL TRANSMISSION TUBERCULOSIS URBAN AREAS VOLUNTARY COUNSELLING VULNERABILITY VULNERABLE GROUPS VULNERABLE POPULATIONS WAR WOMAN YOUNG AGE As yet, little is known about the HIV epidemic status and potential in Afghanistan. The country seems to be at an early epidemic phase with low HIV prevalence, but there are a number of underlying vulnerability factors that could lead to the conditions for epidemic expansion, including drug trafficking, the post-conflict situation with displacement of populations, a fledgling health care system, and a low level of knowledge and awareness about HIV/AIDS. As in other parts of central and south Asia, the most important proximate determinants of the scale and distribution of an HIV epidemic in Afghanistan will be the size and characteristics of high risk networks involving injecting drug users (IDUs), female sex workers (FSWs) and men who have sex with men (MSM) who are at high risk. Assessments from elsewhere in central Asia indicate an explosive growth in injecting drug use and commercial sex work throughout the region, concurrent epidemics of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and economic and political migration. As yet, little information is known about the size, distribution, and characteristics of IDU and sex worker sub-populations in Afghanistan. Therefore, the World Bank (WB) agreed with the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) to contract with the University of Manitoba (UM) to conduct an assessment of these three key, high risk populations in three cities of Afghanistan (Mazar-i-Sharif, Jalalabad, and Kabul). 2014-04-21T22:32:38Z 2014-04-21T22:32:38Z 2008-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/04/9452047/mapping-situation-assessment-key-populations-high-risk-hiv-three-cities-afghanistan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17938 English en_US South Asia human development sector series;no. 23 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research South Asia Afghanistan