The size and distribution of key populations at greater risk of HIV in Pakistan: Implications for resource allocation for scaling up HIV prevention programmes

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 89, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2013, Pages

  Emmanuel, Faran ^a,b   Thompson, Laura H ^a   Salim, Momina ^a   Akhtar, Naeem ^c   Reza, Tahira E ^b   Hafeez, Hajra ^b   Ahmed, Sajid ^c   Blanchard, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Canada Pakistan HIV AIDS Surveillance Project   (Pakistan)

^c National AIDS Control Program   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CENTER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; PAKISTAN; POPULATION SIZE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCALE UP; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; COST; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY (GENERAL); FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INDIA; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; EPIDEMICS; HIV INFECTIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

EPIDEMIOLOGY (GENERAL); HIV; POLICY; PREVENTION;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EPIDEMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX WORKERS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 84891535770     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2013-051017     Document Type: Article

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