The first-ever HIV behavioral and biological surveillance study in Kosovo was implemented with the financial support from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Kosovo and UNAIDS Programme Acceleration Funds managed by the UN Theme Group (UNTG) on HIV/AIDS in Kosovo. A survey working group (SWG), consisting of members of the Ministry of Health, USAID, UNTG, Kosovo Institute of Public Health (IPH), Family Health International (FHI), and Index Kosova, was formed to design and oversee the implementation of the study activities. Index Kosova, the selected local partner of FHI in Kosovo, managed and implemented the study, with the professional and infrastructural assistance of the IPH and with the technical assistance of FHI. IPH facilitated the biological portion of the study by making its serological laboratory of the department of microbiology available. Three nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in Kosovo facilitated the implementation and provided infrastructural assistance to the research: Labyrinth – Prishtinë/Pristina, ABC123 – Prizren/Prizren, and Center for Social Group Development (CSGD) – Prishtinë/Pristina.

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