Scale-up of combination prevention and antiretroviral therapy for female sex workers in West Africa: Time for action

AIDS

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1369-1374

  Alary, Michel ^a,b,c   Lowndes, Catherine M ^a,d,e   Van De Perre, Philippe ^f   Béhanzin, Luc ^a,b   Batona, Georges ^a,g   Guédou, Fernand A ^a,g   Konate, Issouf ^h   Traore, Isidore ⁱ   Asamoah Adu, Comfort ^j   Akinocho, Evelyne ^k   Nagot, Nicolas ^f  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f INSERM   (France)

^g Dispensaire IST ^*  (Benin)

^h CENTRE MURAZ   (Burkina Faso)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^j West Africa Project to Combat AIDS   (Ghana)

^k Programme National de Lutte Contre le Sida et les IST   (Benin)

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Author keywords

Female sex workers; HIV; Prevention; Treatment; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONDOM USE; EPIDEMIC; GONORRHEA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROSTITUTION; REVIEW; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AFRICA, WESTERN; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; CONDOMS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SAFE SEX; SEX WORKERS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84879089050     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32835fd7bd     Document Type: Review

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