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BMC Public Health publishes selected collections of research articles, conference proceedings, reviews and reports as supplements, which are free to access online. All articles published in supplements are subject to peer review; meeting abstracts undergo review and selection by the conference. Find out more about publishing a supplement with BioMed Central.

Volume 11 Supplement 6

Learning from large scale prevention efforts: findings from Avahan

Research

Edited by Lalit Dandona and Eric Benotsch

Publication of this supplement has been supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Editorial   Open Access

Evaluation of the Avahan HIV prevention initiative in India

Lalit Dandona, Eric G Benotsch BMC Public Health 2011, 11(Suppl 6):I1 (29 December 2011)

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Research   Open Access

Condom use and prevalence of syphilis and HIV among female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh, India – following a large-scale HIV prevention intervention

Hari Kumar Rachakulla, Venkaiah Kodavalla, Hemalatha Rajkumar, SPV Prasad, Srinivasan Kallam, Prabuddhagopal Goswami, Jayesh Dale, Rajatashuvra Adhikary, Ramesh Paranjape, GNV Brahmam BMC Public Health 2011, 11(Suppl 6):S1 (29 December 2011)

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Targeted interventions of the Avahan program and their association with intermediate outcomes among female sex workers in Maharashtra, India

Mandar M Mainkar, Dilip B Pardeshi, Jayesh Dale, Sucheta Deshpande, Shirin Khazi, Abhishek Gautam, Prabuddhagopal Goswami, Rajatashuvra Adhikary, Shreena Ramanathan, Bitra George, Ramesh S Paranjape BMC Public Health 2011, 11(Suppl 6):S2 (29 December 2011)

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Assessment of the scale, coverage and outcomes of the Avahan HIV prevention program for female sex workers in Tamil Nadu, India: is there evidence of an effect?

S Thilakavathi, K Boopathi, CP Girish Kumar, A Santhakumar, R Senthilkumar, C Eswaramurthy, V Ilaya Bharathy, L Ramakrishnan, G Thongamba, R Adhikary, R Paranjape BMC Public Health 2011, 11(Suppl 6):S3 (29 December 2011)

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Research   Open Access

Prevalence of HIV and sexually transmitted infections among clients of female sex workers in Karnataka, India: a cross-sectional study

Souradet Y Shaw, Kathleen N Deering, Sushena Reza-Paul, Shajy Isac, Banadakoppa M Ramesh, Reynold Washington, Stephen Moses, James F Blanchard BMC Public Health 2011, 11(Suppl 6):S4 (29 December 2011)

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Relationship between reported prior condom use and current self-perceived risk of acquiring HIV among mobile female sex workers in southern India

Anrudh K Jain, Niranjan Saggurti, Bidhubhusan Mahapatra, Mary Sebastian, Hanimi Modugu, Shiva S Halli, Ravi K Verma BMC Public Health 2011, 11(Suppl 6):S5 (29 December 2011)

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Male migration and risky sexual behavior in rural India: is the place of origin critical for HIV prevention programs?

Niranjan Saggurti, Bidhubhusan Mahapatra, Suvakanta N Swain, Anrudh K Jain BMC Public Health 2011, 11(Suppl 6):S6 (29 December 2011)

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Research   Open Access

The costs of HIV prevention for different target populations in Mumbai, Thane and Bangalore

Sudha Chandrashekar, Anna Vassall, Bhaskar Reddy, Govindraj Shetty, Peter Vickerman, Michel Alary BMC Public Health 2011, 11(Suppl 6):S7 (29 December 2011)

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Research   Open Access

A dose-response relationship between exposure to a large-scale HIV preventive intervention and consistent condom use with different sexual partners of female sex workers in southern India

Kathleen N Deering, Marie-Claude Boily, Catherine M Lowndes, Jean Shoveller, Mark W Tyndall, Peter Vickerman, Jan Bradley, Kaveri Gurav, Michael Pickles, Stephen Moses, Banadakoppa M Ramesh, Reynold Washington, S Rajaram, Michel Alary BMC Public Health 2011, 11(Suppl 6):S8 (29 December 2011)

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Research   Open Access

HIV risk behaviours among injecting drug users in Northeast India following scale-up of a targeted HIV prevention programme

Gregory Armstrong, Chumben Humtsoe, Michelle Kermode BMC Public Health 2011, 11(Suppl 6):S9 (29 December 2011)

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Research   Open Access

Large-scale STI services in Avahan improve utilization and treatment seeking behaviour amongst high-risk groups in India: an analysis of clinical records from six states

Anup Gurung, Prakash Narayanan, Parimi Prabhakar, Anjana Das, Virupax Ranebennur, Saroj Tucker, Laxmi Narayana, Radha R, K Prakash, J Touthang, Collins Z Sono, Teodora Wi, Guy Morineau, Graham Neilsen BMC Public Health 2011, 11(Suppl 6):S10 (29 December 2011)

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Research   Open Access

Condom use within non-commercial partnerships of female sex workers in southern India

Kathleen N Deering, Paranita Bhattacharjee, Janet Bradley, Stephen S Moses, Kate Shannon, Souradet Y Shaw, Reynold Washington, Catherine M Lowndes, Marie-Claude Boily, Banadakoppa M Ramesh, S Rajaram, Kaveri Gurav, Michel Alary BMC Public Health 2011, 11(Suppl 6):S11 (29 December 2011)

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Research   Open Access

Changes in HIV knowledge, and socio-cultural and sexual attitudes in South India from 2003-2009

Janet Bradley, S Rajaram, Stephen Moses, Parinita Bhattacharjee, Anil M Lobo, BM Ramesh, Reynold Washington, Michel Alary BMC Public Health 2011, 11(Suppl 6):S12 (29 December 2011)

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Heterogeneity of the HIV epidemic in the general population of Karnataka state, south India

Pradeep Banandur, Subramanian Rajaram, Sangameshwar B Mahagaonkar, Janet Bradley, Banadakoppa M Ramesh, Reynold G Washington, James F Blanchard, Stephen Moses, Catherine M Lowndes, Michel Alary BMC Public Health 2011, 11(Suppl 6):S13 (29 December 2011)

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Determinants of condom breakage among female sex workers in Karnataka, India

Janet Bradley, S Rajaram, Michel Alary, Shajy Isac, Reynold Washington, Stephen Moses, BM Ramesh BMC Public Health 2011, 11(Suppl 6):S14 (29 December 2011)

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Research   Open Access

Heading towards the Safer Highways: an assessment of the Avahan prevention programme among long distance truck drivers in India

Arvind Pandey, Ram Mishra, Damodar Sahu, Sudhir Benara, Uttpal Sengupta, Ramesh S Paranjape, Abhishek Gautam, Satya Lenka, Rajatshurva Adhikary BMC Public Health 2011, 11(Suppl 6):S15 (29 December 2011)

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Commentary   Open Access

Evaluating AVAHAN’s design, implementation and impact: lessons learned for the HIV Prevention Community

Marie Laga, Bea Vuylsteke BMC Public Health 2011, 11(Suppl 6):S16 (29 December 2011)

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