Tonia Poteat, Andrea L. Wirtz, Anita Radix, Annick Bórquez et al.
Worldwide, transgender women who engage in sex work have a disproportionate risk for HIV compared with natal male and female sex workers. We reviewed recent epidemiological research on HIV in transgender women and show that transgender women sex workers (TSW) face unique structural, interpersonal, a...
Kevan Wylie, Gail Knudson, Sharful Islam Khan, M. Bonierbale et al.
The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) standards of care for transsexual, transgender, and gender non-conforming people (version 7) represent international normative standards for clinical care for these populations. Standards for optimal individual clinical care are consi...
Sharful Islam Khan, Mohammed Iftekher Hussain, Shaila Parveen, Mahbubul Islam Bhuiyan et al.
The transgender people (hijra), who claim to be neither male nor female, are socially excluded in Bangladesh. This paper describes social exclusion of hijra [The term is used in this abstract both in singular and plural sense] focusing on the pathway between exclusion and sexual health. In an ethnog...
Lisa G. Johnston, Rasheda Khanam, Masud Reza, Sharful Islam Khan et al.
This paper evaluates the effectiveness of respondent driven sampling (RDS) to sample males who have sex with males (MSM) in Dhaka, Bangladesh. A major objective for conducting this survey was to determine whether RDS can be a viable sampling method for future routine serologic and behavioral surveil...
Tasnim Azim, Sharful Islam Khan, Fariha Haseen, Nafisa Lira Huq et al.
Bangladesh initiated an early response to the HIV epidemic starting in the mid-1980s. Since then, the res-ponse has been enhanced considerably, and many HIV-prevention interventions among the most at-risk populations and the general youth are being undertaken. Alongside prevention activities, gather...
Tasnim Azim, Ezazul Islam Chowdhury, Masud Reza, Munir Ahmed et al.
BACKGROUND: Very little is known about female injecting drug users (IDU) in Bangladesh but anecdotal evidence suggests that they are hidden and very vulnerable to HIV through both their injection sharing and sexual risk behaviors. In order to better understand the risks and vulnerability to HIV of f...
Sharful Islam Khan, Nancy Hudson‐Rodd, Sherry Saggers, Mahbubul Islam Bhuiyan et al.
BACKGROUND: Condom use in Bangladesh is low despite nationwide family planning initiatives and HIV interventions. METHODS: Fifty men aged between 18 and 55 years from diverse socio-demographic backgrounds and five key informants were interviewed in a qualitative male sexuality study. RESULTS: Refusa...
Sharful Islam Khan, Nancy Hudson‐Rodd, Sherry Saggers, Mahbubul Islam Bhuiyan et al.
Men's sexual health concerns (SHCs) receive inadequate attention in research and health interventions. We explored meanings of SHCs, particularly sexual performance, in a qualitative study on male sexuality in Bangladesh. Five focus group discussions with key-informants and 50 urban and rural men we...
Sharful Islam Khan, Nancy Hudson‐Rodd, Sherry Saggers, Abbas Bhuiya
Studies of men who have sex with men in South Asian countries including Bangladesh have tended to focus mainly on measuring male-to-male sexual risk behaviours, with less attention being given to understanding the nature and meaning of their sexual relations with women. This can result in missed opp...
Tasnim Azim, Sharful Islam Khan, Quamrun Nahar, Masud Reza et al.
This report synthesizes data from surveillance, behavioral surveys and published and unpublished research to better understand emerging patterns and trends in the HIV epidemic in Bangladesh. Taking stock of 20 years of experience with HIV in Bangladesh, this report summarizes what is known about the...
Sharful Islam Khan, Mohammed Iftekher Hussain, Gorkey Gourab, Shaila Parveen et al.
Despite condom interventions since year 2000 with the transgender (hijra) population, condom use remains low. Consequently, hijra suffer from higher rates of active syphilis, putting them under threat of HIV transmission. In an ethnographic study, 50 in-depth interviews with diverse groups of hijra ...
Sharful Islam Khan, Mohammad Niaz Morshed Khan, A M Rumayan Hasan, Samira Dishti Irfan et al.
Background: Methamphetamine use has become increasingly prevalent among males having sex with males (MSM) and transgender women in many countries worldwide. Studies show methamphetamine use among these populations to be associated with risky sexual behaviours, leading to HIV transmission. This study...
Gorkey Gourab, Mohammad Niaz Morshed Khan, A M Rumayan Hasan, Golam Sarwar et al.
BACKGROUND: In Bangladesh, community-based and peer-led prevention interventions for human immunodeficiency virus infection are provided to key populations (KPs) by drop-in centers (DICs), which are primarily supported by external donors. This intervention approach was adopted because public healthc...
Rasheda Khanam, Masud Reza, Dilruba Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman et al.
BACKGROUND: Female sex workers (FSWs) in Bangladesh remain at elevated risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) although the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevalence among them is low. Recent information on the burden and etiological diagnosis of STIs among them has been lacking. This stu...
Kathleen Cash, Sharful Islam Khan, Hashima-E-Nasreen, Abbas Bhuiya et al.
Most people in Bangladesh are rural, poor and underprivileged. The incidence of sexual disease has increased, but little has been done to educate rural people about sexual and reproductive health. In 1997, a sexual and reproductive health project was initiated within a collaborative research agreeme...