Abstract
STD and HIV are the second most important cause of Disability Adjusted Life Years lost in women in the developing world. Reasons for this are multiple, and include their higher vulnerability for STD and HIV, poor health care seeking behavior and lack of accessible and acceptable services. There is considerable synergism between family welfare services and STD programs: complications and sequelae of STD affect the reproductive tract and child health and survival; reproductive and child health and survival are the focus of family welfare programs. Family welfare services are thus well positioned to incorporate STD and HIV prevention and control measures. This is feasible, although practical and logistical problems need to be addressed. Where indicated, pilot integration projects can assess the cost-effectiveness and outcome of such programs.
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