HIV prevalence and characteristics of sex work among female sex workers in Hargeisa, Somaliland, Somalia

AIDS

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages

  Kriitmaa, Kelsi ^a   Testa, Adrienne ^a   Osman, Mohamed ^b   Bozicevic, Ivana ^c   Riedner, Gabriele ^d   Malungu, Jacqueline ^e   Irving, Greg ^a   Abdalla, Ismail ^e  

^a INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION   (Switzerland)

^b Somaliland National AIDS Commission   (Somalia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^d WHO/EMRO   (Egypt)

^e WHO Somalia   (Kenya)

Author keywords

biological and behavioural surveillance; female sex workers; HIV AIDS; prevalence; respondent driven sampling; Somalia; Somaliland

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONDOM; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCOME; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RISK REDUCTION; SEROLOGY; SOMALIA; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYPHILIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOMALIA; SYPHILIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954589727     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aids.0000386735.87177.2a     Document Type: Article

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