Boothe, Makini A. S. Sathane, Isabel Baltazar, Cynthia Semá Chicuecue, Noela Horth, Roberta Fazito, Erika Raymond, Henry F.
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BMC Public Health
BackgroundMozambique has a generalized HIV epidemic of 13.5% among the general population. Early modeling exercises in Mozambique estimate that key populations (KP), defined as men who have sex with men (MSM), female sex workers (FSW), and people who inject drugs (PWID), along with their partners account for about one third of all new infections. T...
Willie, Barne Hakim, Avi J. Badman, Steven G. Weikum, Damian Narokobi, Rebecca Coy, Kelsey Gabuzzi, Josephine Pekon, Simon Gene, Samson Amos, Angelyn
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Tropical Medicine and Health
BackgroundPapua New Guinea (PNG) has a tuberculosis (TB) case notification rate of 333 cases per 100,000 population in 2016 and is one of the 14 countries classified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as “high-burden” for TB, multi-drug-resistant TB (MDR-TB), and TB/HIV. HIV epidemic is mixed with a higher prevalence among key populations, fema...
Twizelimana, Donatien Muula, Adamson S.
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BMC Women's Health
BackgroundLittle is known about actions taken by female sex workers (FSWs) after male condom failure during male–female sexual intercourse. The objective of this study was to investigate the actions taken by FSWs after condom failure among FSWs in semi-urban, Blantyre in Malawi.MethodsA cross sectional, qualitative study was conducted among FSWs in...
Witzel, T. Charles Eshun-Wilson, Ingrid Jamil, Muhammad S. Tilouche, Nerissa Figueroa, Carmen Johnson, Cheryl C. Reid, David Baggaley, Rachel Siegfried, Nandi Burns, Fiona M.
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BMC Medicine
BackgroundWe update a previous systematic review to inform new World Health Organization HIV self-testing (HIVST) recommendations. We compared the effects of HIVST to standard HIV testing services to understand which service delivery models are effective for key populations.MethodsWe did a systematic review of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) wh...
Patterson, Thomas L Pitpitan, Eileen V Pines, Heather A Semple, Shirley J Harvey-Vera, Alicia Depp, Colin Moore, David J Martinez, Gustavo Rangel, M Gudelia Strathdee, Steffanie A
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Mobile phone technology may help sustain reductions in HIV/STI transmission risk behaviors among female sex workers (FSWs). We examined the efficacy of a text messaging intervention designed to maintain behavioral improvements in safer sex practices among 602 FSWs in Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. We hypothesized that FSWs who received brief ri...
Patterson, Thomas L Pitpitan, Eileen V Pines, Heather A Semple, Shirley J Harvey-Vera, Alicia Depp, Colin Moore, David J Martinez, Gustavo Rangel, M Gudelia Strathdee, Steffanie A
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AIDS and behavior
Mobile phone technology may help sustain reductions in HIV/STI transmission risk behaviors among female sex workers (FSWs). We examined the efficacy of a text messaging intervention designed to maintain behavioral improvements in safer sex practices among 602 FSWs in Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. We hypothesized that FSWs who received brief ri...
Mayanja, Yunia Abaasa, Andrew Namale, Gertrude Price, Matt A. Kamali, Anatoli
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BMC Public Health
BackgroundWe anticipate large efficacy trials of novel HIV vaccines that have shown acceptable safety profiles. We determined willingness to participate (WTP) in future HIV vaccine efficacy trials among HIV negative female sex workers (FSWs) in Kampala Uganda.MethodsWe conducted a case control study in the Good Health for Women Project cohort. Case...
Wang, Cheng Wang, Ya-Jie Tucker, Joseph D. Xiong, Ming-Zhou Fu, Hong-Yun Smith, M. Kumi Tang, Wei-Ming Ong, Jason J. Zheng, He-Ping Yang, Bin
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Infectious Diseases of Poverty
BackgroundHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) self-testing may help improve test uptake among female sex workers. China has implemented many HIV self-testing programs among men who have sex with men, creating an opportunity for promotion among female sex workers. However, there is a limited literature on examining HIV self-testing among female sex w...
Farahmand, Mohammad Moghoofei, Mohsen Dorost, Abolfazl Abbasi, Saeedeh Monavari, Seyed Hamidreza Kiani, Seyed Jalal Tavakoli, Ahmad
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BMC Public Health
BackgroundFemale sex workers (FSWs) are amongst the most susceptible groups to acquire human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and consequently, to develop cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and cervical cancer. This is the first systematic review and meta-analysis to provide estimates of the pooled prevalence of HPV infection and the distribution of ...
Shu, Nforbih Emile Abiola, Abdul-Hakeem Olatunji Akodu, Babatunde Abdulmajeed Bassey, Benjamin Afahakan Misago, Nadine
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The Pan African Medical Journal
Introduction risky and hard-to-reach populations like female sex workers (FSW) face a huge burden with sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among which is human Papilloma virus (HPV) infection. This study was conducted to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes and preventive practices for HPV infection among FSW in Lagos, Nigeria. Methods a descriptiv...
