Yujwal Raj
Government of India
11 Papers
66 Citations
Yujwal Raj is an academic researcher from Government of India. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Men who have sex with men. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 7 publications.
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Papers
Estimate of HIV prevalence and number of people living with HIV in India 2008–2009
Arvind Pandey,Damodar Sahu,Taoufi Bakkali,D. R. B. Reddy,S. Venkatesh,Shashi Kant,Madhulekha Bhattacharya,Yujwal Raj,Partha Haldar,Deepak Bhardwaj,Nalini Chandra +10 more
TL;DR: The estimated adult HIV prevalence in India has declined in few states, a plateau or a slightly declining trend over the time, and the implications of the emerging trend of the HIV prevalence on the recent infections in the study population are examined.
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HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men in India: national scenario of an unfinished agenda.
TL;DR: While HIV prevalence among MSM at the national level is declining, it continues to remain high in some states and cities and programs need to build on the successes in reducing HIV among female sex workers in order to control the high HIV prevalence in India.
Predictors of bisexual behaviour among MSM attending intervention sites may help in prevention interventions for this bridge to the heterosexual epidemic in India: data from HIV sentinel surveillance.
Sheela Godbole,Suvarna Sane,Pranil Kamble,Yujwal Raj,Nisha Dulhani,Srinivasan Venkatesh,D. C. S. Reddy,Laxmikant Chavan,Madhulekha Bhattacharya,Suchitra Bindoria,D B Kadam,Savita Thakur,Prakash Narwani,Elmira Pereira,Ramesh S. Paranjape,Arun Risbud +15 more
TL;DR: A substantial proportion of men receiving services from Targeted Intervention programs are bisexual and the easy opportunity for intervention in this setting should be capitalised upon.
Sustained progress, but no room for complacency: Results of 2015 HIV estimations in India.
Arvind Pandey,Neeraj Dhingra,Pradeep Kumar,Damodar Sahu,D C S Reddy,Padum Narayan,Yujwal Raj,Bhavna Sangal,Nalini Chandra,Saritha Nair,Jitenkumar Singh,Laxmikant Chavan,Deepika Joshi Srivastava,Ugra Mohan Jha,Vinita Verma,Shashi Kant,Madhulekha Bhattacharya,Pushpanjali Swain,Partha Haldar,Lucky Singh,Taoufik Bakkali,John Stover,Savina Ammassari +22 more
TL;DR: While key indicators measured through Spectrum modelling confirm success of the National AIDS Control Programme, there is no room for complacency as rising incidence trends in some geographical areas and population pockets remain the cause of concern.
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Modelling and estimation of HIV prevalence and number of people living with HIV in India, 2010-2011.
Yujwal Raj,Damodar Sahu,Arvind Pandey,S. Venkatesh,D. R. B. Reddy,Taoufik Bakkali,Chinmoyee Das,Kh. Jitenkumar Singh,Shashi Kant,Madhulekha Bhattacharya,John Stover,Ugra Mohan Jha,Pradeep Kumar,Ram Manohar Mishra,Nalini Chandra,Bal Kishan Gulati,Sharad Mathur,Deepika Joshi,Laxmikant Chavan +18 more
TL;DR: This paper provides HIV estimation methodology used in India and key HIV estimates for 2010–2011 using a modified version of the Spectrum tool that included an Estimation and Projection Package as part of its AIDS Impact Module.
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