SynthesisAfrican journal of AIDS research : AJAR2016
HIV care and treatment experiences among female sex workers living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review.
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- Prevalence and associated factors of HIV among female sex workers in Eastern and Southern Africa: Systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- Effect of community-based interventions targeting female sex workers along the HIV care cascade in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Socio-demographic characteristics and risk factors for HIV transmission in female bar workers in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic literature review.BMC public health · 2020Pooled it
- A systematic review of selected human rights programs to improve HIV-related outcomes from 2003 to 2015: what do we know?BMC infectious diseases · 2019Pooled it
- Longitudinal Trajectories of Engagement With HIV Treatment Support Strategies Among Female Sex Workers Living With HIV in South Africa.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2025Trial
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- 'When I have these kits … I have confidence' - HIV self-testing provides agency for women in their sexual decision-making.Global public health · 2022Trial
- The Effect of HIV Self-Testing Delivery Models on Female Sex Workers' Sexual Behaviors: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Urban Uganda.AIDS and behavior · 2019Trial
- Acceptability of HIV self-testing to support pre-exposure prophylaxis among female sex workers in Uganda and Zambia: results from two randomized controlled trials.BMC infectious diseases · 2018Trial
- Direct provision versus facility collection of HIV self-tests among female sex workers in Uganda: A cluster-randomized controlled health systems trial.PLoS medicine · 2017Trial
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- Fine and gray competing risk regression model of predictors of loss to follow up among female sex workers receiving antiretroviral therapy in Nigeria: 2016-2022.BMC women's health · 2026Article
- Evaluating the impact of achieving cascade equality in Eswatini: a modeling study on the prevention impacts of antiretroviral therapy.AIDS (London, England) · 2026Article
- Perceived Social Support, Contact Violence Experience, and Sexually Transmitted Infection Risk among Gambian Female Sex Workers: A LASSO-Guided, Causal Inference, and Multilevel Analysis.Journal of epidemiology and global health · 2026Article
- Epidemiological trends in HIV infection among female sex workers in Cabo Verde, 2013-2023: evidence from three integrated bio-behavioural surveys.The Pan African medical journal · 2026Article
- Young female sex workers lived experiences of selling sex and accessing sexual and reproductive health services in Tanzania: implications for HIV prevention.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- A population-based survey pooled analysis of women engaged in commercial sex in the HIV care cascade in sub-Saharan Africa, 2015-2017.Discover public health · 2026Article
- Quantifying intersectional stigma in HIV prevention contexts: adaptation and validation of a scale among female sex workers in Namibia.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Forced vaginal sex and genital immune correlates of HIV risk: a prospective study of female sex workers in Kenya.BMJ global health · 2025Article
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Abstract
Female sex workers (FSW) living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa have poor engagement to HIV care and treatment. Understanding the HIV care and treatment engagement experiences of FSW has important implications for interventions to enhance care and treatment outcomes. We conducted a systematic review to examine the HIV care experiences and determinants of linkage and retention in care, antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation, and ART adherence and viral suppression among FSW living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa. The databases PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, SCOPUS, CINAHL, Global Health, Psycinfo, Sociological Abstracts, and Popline were searched for variations of search terms related to sex work and HIV care and treatment among sub-Saharan African populations. Ten peer-reviewed articles published between January 2000 and August 2015 met inclusion criteria and were included in this review. Despite expanded ART access, FSW in sub-Saharan Africa have sub-optimal HIV care and treatment engagement outcomes. Stigma, discrimination, poor nutrition, food insecurity, and substance use were commonly reported and associated with poor linkage to care, retention in care, and ART initiation. Included studies suggest that interventions with FSW should focus on multilevel barriers to engagement in HIV care and treatment and explore the involvement of social support from intimate male partners. Our results emphasise several critical points of intervention for FSW living with HIV, which are urgently needed to enhance linkage to HIV care, retention in care, and treatment initiation, particularly where the HIV prevalence among FSW is greatest.
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