Migration and HIV in India: Study of select districts

In India, efforts of the National AIDS Control Programme have been successful in reducing overall HIV incidence in the country by 50 percent with focused interventions with female sex workers (FSWs), men who have sex with men (MSM) and injecting drug users (IDUs). Despite these achievements, HIV prevalence is still estimated at over 1 percent in some population sub-groups and some sub-regions in the country. Increasing HIV infection among married women and in districts with high out-migration provided the impetus for this study. The goal of the study was to examine the linkages between male out-migration and HIV transmission in married men and women and to explore other mechanisms by which HIV is transmitted within marital relationships in districts with high out-migration.