An action agenda for HIV and sex workers

The Lancet

Volumn 385, Issue 9964, 2015, Pages 287-301

  Beyrer, Chris ^a   Crago, Anna Louise ^c   Bekker, Linda Gail ^d   Butler, Jenny ^e   Shannon, Kate ^f   Kerrigan, Deanna ^a   Decker, Michele R ^a   Baral, Stefan D ^a   Poteat, Tonia ^a   Wirtz, Andrea L ^a,b   Weir, Brian W ^a   Barré Sinoussi, Françoise ^g   Kazatchkine, Michel ^h   Sidibé, Michel ⁱ   Dehne, Karl Lorenz ⁱ   Boily, Marie Claude ^j   Strathdee, Steffanie A ^k  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^g INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^h UN Special Envoy for HIV in Eastern Europe and Central Asia   (Switzerland)

ⁱ UNAIDS   (Switzerland)

^j IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICAN; ARTICLE; CONCURRENT SEXUAL PARTNERSHIP; CONDOM USE; COST CONTROL; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; EMPOWERMENT; EPIDEMIC; FUNDING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; INCIDENCE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PANDEMIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALITY; STIGMA; TRANSGENDER; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIV INFECTIONS; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; SEX WORKER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIRUS LOAD;

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; SEX WORKERS; TRANSGENDER PERSONS; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84921417928     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60933-8     Document Type: Review

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