Integrated bio-behavioural HIV surveillance surveys among female sex workers in Sudan, 2011-2012

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 89, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2013, Pages

  Elhadi, Magda ^a   Elbadawi, Abdulateef ^a   Abdelrahman, Samira ^a   Mohammed, Ibtisam ^a   Bozicevic, Ivana ^b   Hassan, Ehab A ^c   Elmukhtar, Mohammed ^a   Ahmed, Sally ^d   Abdelraheem, Mohammed Sidahmed ^e   Mubarak, Nazik ^a   Elsanousi, Salwa ^a   Setayesh, Hamidreza ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEZIRA   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sudan)

^d UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND   (United States)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f Joint United Nations Programme on HIV AIDS (UNAIDS) Country Office   (Sudan)

^g Iranian Medical Institute   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM USE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV RAPID TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUDAN; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS RAPID TEST;

AFRICA; AIDS; CONDOMS; HIV TESTING; PROSTITUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SUDAN; SYPHILIS;

EID: 84891873989     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2013-051097     Document Type: Article

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