An appraisal of female sex work in Nigeria - Implications for designing and scaling up HIV prevention programmes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Ikpeazu, Akudo ^a   Momah Haruna, Amaka ^b   Mari, Baba Madu ^b   Thompson, Laura H ^b   Ogungbemi, Kayode ^a   Daniel, Uduak ^a   Aboki, Hafsatu ^a   Isac, Shajy ^b   Gorgens, Marelize ^c   Mziray, Elizabeth ^c   Njie, Ndella ^c   Akala, Francisca Ayodeji ^c   Emmanuel, Faran ^b   Odek, Willis Omondi ^b   Blanchard, James F ^b  

^a NATIONAL AGENCY FOR THE CONTROL OF AIDS   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; NIGERIA; PROSTITUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NIGERIA; SEX WORKERS;

EID: 84905915630     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103619     Document Type: Article

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