A comprehensive review of available epidemiologic and HIV service data for female sex workers, men who have sex with men, and people who inject drugs in select West and Central African countries

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 68, Issue , 2015, Pages S83-S90

  MacAllister, Jack ^a   Sherwood, Jennifer ^a   Galjour, Joshua ^b   Robbins, Sarah ^a   Zhao, Jinkou ^b   Dam, Kim ^c   Grosso, Ashley ^c   Baral, Stefan D ^c  

^a Foundation for AIDS Research   (United States)

^b TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

Female sex workers; Key populations; Men who have sex with men; Minimum package of services; People who inject drugs

Indexed keywords

CAMEROON; CHAD; CONDOM USE; CONGO; COTE D'IVOIRE; COUNSELING; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE SEX WORKER; GHANA; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; LAW; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; NIGER; NIGERIA; PEOPLE WHO INJECT DRUG; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; REVIEW; SAME-SEX MARRIAGE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSGENDER; VIOLENCE; AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY;

AFRICA, CENTRAL; AFRICA, WESTERN; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX WORKERS;

EID: 84924482686     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000457     Document Type: Review

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