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ArticleJournal of the International AIDS Society2017

Good news for sex workers in Zimbabwe: how a court order improved safety in the absence of decriminalization.

Joanna Busza, Sibongile Mtetwa, Elizabeth Fearon, David Hofisi, Tinashe Mundawarara, Raymond Yekeye, Tapuwa Magure, Owen Mugurungi, Frances Cowan

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Article in Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Joanna BuszaDepartment of Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Sibongile MtetwaCentre for Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS Research, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Elizabeth FearonDepartment of Social and Environmental Health Research, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
David HofisiZimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Tinashe MundawararaZimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Raymond YekeyeZimbabwe National AIDS Council, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Tapuwa MagureZimbabwe National AIDS Council, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Owen MugurungiTB and AIDS Unit, Zimbabwe Ministry of Health, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Frances CowanCentre for Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS Research, Harare, Zimbabwe.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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PMID28530034
PMCPMC5515058

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