(STDs)

been the most devastating. After Africa, the South East Asia region happens to be the most affected. Many developing nations, including India, have borne the brunt of HIV/AIDS pandemic. Among the various factors associated with the sexual transmission of HIV, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) seem to contribute significantly. Though, several advances have been made in the management of HIV disease, development of safe and potent vaccine to prevent HIV infection still remains a big challenge. Thus, the efforts for prevention and control of HIV largely rely on STD control measures. STD burden World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that there were 333 million new cases of the four curable STDs1, worldwide in 1995 among adults (15-49 yr age). In developing countries, both prevalence and incidence of STDs are very high. Conjecture, in the early years of HIV epidemic, of high rates of STD