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ReviewLancet (London, England)2015

Human rights violations against sex workers: burden and effect on HIV.

Michele R Decker, Anna-Louise Crago, Sandra K H Chu, Susan G Sherman, Meena S Seshu, Kholi Buthelezi, Mandeep Dhaliwal, Chris Beyrer

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Review in Lancet (London, England), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 153 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

153 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Michele R DeckerDepartment of Population, Family & Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA; Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA. Electronic address: mdecker@jhu.edu.
Anna-Louise CragoTrudeau Scholar, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Sandra K H ChuCanadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Susan G ShermanCenter for Public Health and Human Rights, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA; Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Meena S SeshuSampada Grameen Mahila Sanstha (SANGRAM), Sangli, India.
Kholi ButheleziSisonke Sex Workers Movement, Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Taskforce (SWEAT), Cape Town, South Africa.
Mandeep DhaliwalDivision of HIV, Health & Development Practice UNDP, New York, NY, USA.
Chris BeyrerCenter for Public Health and Human Rights, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA; Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Funding

Vaccine Response and Immunotherapeutics SWGP30AI094189 · NIAID · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Richard E. Chaisson · 2012 to 2026
$67.0M
NIAID NIH HHS 1P30AI094189NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI094189
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We reviewed evidence from more than 800 studies and reports on the burden and HIV implications of human rights violations against sex workers. Published research documents widespread abuses of human rights perpetrated by both state and non-state actors. Such violations directly and indirectly increase HIV susceptibility, and undermine effective HIV-prevention and intervention efforts. Violations include homicide; physical and sexual violence, from law enforcement, clients, and intimate partners; unlawful arrest and detention; discrimination in accessing health services; and forced HIV testing. Abuses occur across all policy regimes, although most profoundly where sex work is criminalised through punitive law. Protection of sex workers is essential to respect, protect, and meet their human rights, and to improve their health and wellbeing. Research findings affirm the value of rights-based HIV responses for sex workers, and underscore the obligation of states to uphold the rights of this marginalised population.

Indexed as

Cost of IllnessHuman Rights AbusesSex WorkersHealth PromotionHIV InfectionsHuman RightsHumans

Identifiers

PMID25059943
PMCPMC4454473

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