Engagement with HIV Prevention Treatment and Care among Female Sex Workers in Zimbabwe: A Respondent Driven Sampling Survey

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Cowan, Frances M ^a,b,c   Mtetwa, Sibongile ^b,c   Davey, Calum ^d   Fearon, Elizabeth ^d   Dirawo, Jeffrey ^b,c   Wong Gruenwald, Ramona ^e   Ndikudze, Theresa ^e   Chidiya, Samson ^f   Benedikt, Clemens ^f   Busza, Joanna ^d   Hargreaves, James R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^c CENTRE FOR SEXUAL HEALTH AND HIV AIDS RESEARCH   (Zimbabwe)

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

^e REDD CCAD GIZ Project German International Cooperation Agency Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit   (Germany)

^f UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM USE; FEMALE; FEMALE SEX WORKER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POLICE; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; VIOLENCE; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVALENCE; SEX WORKERS; YOUNG ADULT; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84885442612     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077080     Document Type: Article

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