A short history of HIV prevention programs for female sex workers in Ghana: Lessons learned over 3 decades

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 68, Issue , 2015, Pages S138-S145

  Wondergem, Peter ^a   Green, Kimberly ^b   Wambugu, Samuel ^b   Asamoah Adu, Comfort ^c   Clement, Nana Fosua ^b   Amenyah, Richard ^d   Atuahene, Kyeremeh ^e   Szpir, Michael ^b  

^a UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c West Africa Project to Combat AIDS   (Ghana)

^d UNAIDS TSF   (Burkina Faso)

^e GHANA AIDS COMMISSION   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Female sex workers; Ghana; History; Hiv prevention programs

Indexed keywords

MALE CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

CHLAMYDIA; CONDOM USE; FEMALE; FEMALE CONDOM; GENDER BASED VIOLENCE; GHANA; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; REVIEW; SCALE UP; SEXUAL COUNSELING; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL PRACTICE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; HISTORY; HIV INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

FEMALE; GHANA; GONORRHEA; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PREVALENCE; SEX WORKERS;

EID: 84924441143     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000446     Document Type: Review

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