Combination HIV prevention for female sex workers: What is the evidence?

The Lancet

Volumn 385, Issue 9962, 2015, Pages 72-87

  Bekker, Linda Gail ^a   Johnson, Leigh ^b   Cowan, Frances ^c,d   Overs, Cheryl ^e   Besada, Donela ^a   Hillier, Sharon ^f   Cates, Willard ^g  

^a Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDOM; COUNSELING; EMPOWERMENT; EPIDEMIC; GENDER BASED VIOLENCE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PROSTITUTION; REVIEW; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICAN; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; TIME; TRANSMISSION; UTILIZATION; VIOLENCE;

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; CONDOMS; COUNSELING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; SEX WORKERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84920572264     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60974-0     Document Type: Review

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