Estimating the size of the female sex worker population in Kenya to inform HIV prevention programming

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Odek, Willis Omondi ^a   Githuka, George N ^b   Avery, Lisa ^a   Njoroge, Peter K ^c   Kasonde, Lombe ^d   Gorgens, Marelize ^d   Kimani, Joshua ^a   Gelmon, Lawrence ^a   Gakii, Gloria ^a   Isac, Shajy ^a   Faran, Emmanuel ^a   Musyoki, Helgar ^b   Maina, William ^b   Blanchard, James F ^a   Moses, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^d International Bank for Reconstruction and Development   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; KENYA; POPULATION SIZE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROSTITUTION; URBAN AREA; WOMEN'S HEALTH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIV INFECTIONS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; PROSTITUTION;

EID: 84897044963     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089180     Document Type: Article

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