What do they know about HIV/AIDS - Adolescents and young adults from slums in Mumbai, India

Introduction: In compliance with guidelines from NACP III, wide spread activities are continued, by public, private and NGO sectors, to enhance the level of knowledge about HIV/AIDS among vulnerable adolescent and young adult population in urban areas, in the forms of various projects, so as to facilitate positive behavioural changes among them . Present cross-sectional study, was conducted in three, representative administrative wards (namely L, K/East & R/North) of Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM), India, in December 2010, to assess the level of knowledge and attitudes about HIV/ AIDS amongst the adolescents and young adults.