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HIV Programs for Sex Workers: Lessons and Challenges for Developing and Delivering Programs.
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- Mapping of sex work hotspots to guide targeted HIV prevention: Evidence from eight Ukrainian cities.PloS one · 2026Article
- Costs and cost drivers of comprehensive sexual reproductive health services to female sex workers in Kenya.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Applying the Effective Programme Coverage framework to assess gaps in HIV prevention programmes for female sex workers and men who have sex with men in Nairobi, Kenya: findings from an expanded Polling Booth Survey.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2024Article
- Optimising the public health benefits of sex work regulation in Senegal: Results from qualitative interviews with policy stakeholders.PloS one · 2024Article
- Early disengagement from HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis services and associated factors among female sex workers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: a socioecological approach.BMJ global health · 2023Article
- Reforming the registration policy of female sex workers in Senegal? Evidence from a discrete choice experiment.PloS one · 2023Article
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- A decade and beyond: learnings from HIV programming with underserved and marginalized key populations in Kenya.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2021Article
- A thematic analysis of experiences of HIV risks among female sex workers in the Yunnan-Vietnam Chinese border region.BMC women's health · 2021Article
- A Review of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Adherence among Female Sex Workers.Yonsei medical journal · 2020Review
- Validation of a counseling guide for adherence to antiretroviral therapy using implementation science.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem · 2020Observational
- Preference and uptake of different community-based HIV testing service delivery models among female sex workers along Malaba-Kampala highway, Uganda, 2017.BMC health services research · 2019Article
- Strengthening the scale-up and uptake of effective interventions for sex workers for population impact in Zimbabwe.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2019Article
- Implementing Evidence-Based HIV Prevention for Female Sex Workers in Mexico: Provider Assessments of Feasibility and Acceptability.Global social welfare : research, policy & practice · 2019Article
- Informing HIV Prevention Programs for Adolescent Girls and Young Women: A Modified Approach to Programmatic Mapping and Key Population Size Estimation.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2019Article
- Correlates of nonadherence to key population-led HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis services among Thai men who have sex with men and transgender women.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Consistent Condom Use by Married and Cohabiting Female Sex Workers in India: Investigating Relational Norms with Commercial Versus Intimate Partners.AIDS and behavior · 2018Article
- Feasibility, acceptability and potential sustainability of a 'diagonal' approach to health services for female sex workers in Mozambique.BMC health services research · 2018Article
- Changes in engagement in HIV prevention and care services among female sex workers during intensified community mobilization in 3 sites in Zimbabwe, 2011 to 2015.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2018Article
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Abstract
There is evidence that HIV prevention programs for sex workers, especially female sex workers, are cost-effective in several contexts, including many western countries, Thailand, India, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, and Zimbabwe. The evidence that sex worker HIV prevention programs work must not inspire complacency but rather a renewed effort to expand, intensify, and maximize their impact. The PLOS Collection "Focus on Delivery and Scale: Achieving HIV Impact with Sex Workers" highlights major challenges to scaling-up sex worker HIV prevention programs, noting the following: sex worker HIV prevention programs are insufficiently guided by understanding of epidemic transmission dynamics, situation analyses, and programmatic mapping; sex worker HIV and sexually transmitted infection services receive limited domestic financing in many countries; many sex worker HIV prevention programs are inadequately codified to ensure consistency and quality; and many sex worker HIV prevention programs have not evolved adequately to address informal sex workers, male and transgender sex workers, and mobile- and internet-based sex workers. Based on the wider collection of papers, this article presents three major clusters of recommendations: (i) HIV programs focused on sex workers should be prioritized, developed, and implemented based on robust evidence; (ii) national political will and increased funding are needed to increase coverage of effective sex worker HIV prevention programs in low and middle income countries; and (iii) comprehensive, integrated, and rapidly evolving HIV programs are needed to ensure equitable access to health services for individuals involved in all forms of sex work.
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