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Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52743#.VKIMUcCAM4 ' Author(s)      Venkaiah Kodavalla 1* , Hari Kumar Rachakulla 1 , Hemalatha Rajkumar 1 , Sarede Paleswara Vara Prasad 1 , Srinivasan Kallam 2 , Brahmam Ginnela Narasimhachary 1 Affiliation(s) 1 National Institute of Nutrition (NIN), Hyderabad, India . 2 FHI 360, New Delhi, India . ABSTRACT The study aimed to assess the impact of Avahan intervention program on risk behaviors. Knowledge of HIV/STIs and their prevalence among self-identified men who have sex with men (MSM) in four select districts of Andhra Pradesh, India, covers about 1600 respondents in each of the two rounds. The response rates...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=47470#.VFmy0mfHRK0 Author(s) Reinhard H. Dennin , Michael Lafrenz , Georg Gesk Affiliation(s) Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Luebeck, Campus Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany . AIDS Medical Board, Medical Association, Rostock, Germany . Department of Law, Hsuan Chuang University, Hsinchu, Taiwan . ABSTRACT Many countries use similar strategies in prevention campaigns, but despite that the spread of HIV is unabated. The basic messages of the current liberal prevention strategies aim to promote changes in individual behaviour so as to prevent HIV transmission. The strategies avoid any kind of regulation, prescri...