Tonia Poteat, Andrea L. Wirtz, Anita Radix, Annick Bórquez et al.
Worldwide, transgender women who engage in sex work have a disproportionate risk for HIV compared with natal male and female sex workers. We reviewed recent epidemiological research on HIV in transgender women and show that transgender women sex workers (TSW) face unique structural, interpersonal, a...
Jack Stone, Hannah Fraser, Aaron G. Lim, Josephine G. Walker et al.
BACKGROUND: People who inject drugs (PWID) experience a high prevalence of incarceration and might be at high risk of HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection during or after incarceration. We aimed to assess whether incarceration history elevates HIV or HCV acquisition risk among PWID. METHODS: st...
Tratamiento Para, Por De Trastornos, Y Juego, Adicciones Otras et al.
La prevalencia de hepatitis C es claramente superior en pacientes con adicciones y se ha demostrado la relevancia de la presencia de patología dual en unidades de subagudos de Psiquiatría. Existen pocos datos de su prevalencia y relevancia en Unidades de Hospitalización Breve. Se estudia una muestra...
Kamalesh Sarkar, Baishali Bal, Rita Mukherjee, Sekhar Chakraborty et al.
A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among brothel-based sex workers of West Bengal, eastern India, to understand sex-trafficking, violence, negotiating skills, and HIV infection in them. In total, 580 sex workers from brothels of four districts participated in the study. A preteste...
Tasnim Azim, Irene Bontell, Steffanie A. Strathdee
BACKGROUND: Women who use drugs, irrespective of whether these are injected or not, are faced with multiple issues which enhance their vulnerability to HIV. METHODS: In this commentary, we explore the HIV risks and vulnerabilities of women who use drugs as well as the interventions that have been sh...
Steffanie A. Strathdee, Brooke S. West, Elizabeth Reed, Babak Moazan et al.
Female sex workers (FSWs) and female prisoners experience elevated HIV prevalence relative to the general population because of unprotected sex and unsafe drug use practices, but the antecedents of these behaviors are often structural in nature. We review the literature on HIV risk environments for ...
Lisa G. Johnston, Rasheda Khanam, Masud Reza, Sharful Islam Khan et al.
This paper evaluates the effectiveness of respondent driven sampling (RDS) to sample males who have sex with males (MSM) in Dhaka, Bangladesh. A major objective for conducting this survey was to determine whether RDS can be a viable sampling method for future routine serologic and behavioral surveil...
Laith J. Abu‐Raddad, Francisca Ayodeji Akala, Iris Semini, G Riedner et al.
No AccessStand Alone Books1 Feb 2013Characterizing the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the Middle East and North AfricaTime for Strategic ActionAuthors/Editors: Laith Abu-Raddad, Francisca Ayodeji Akala, Iris Semini, Gabrielle Riedner, David Wilson, Oussama TawilLaith Abu-Raddad, Francisca Ayodeji Akala, Iris ...
Asma Bokhari, Naseer M Nizamani, Denis J. Jackson, N Rehan et al.
The objective of this study was to measure HIV prevalence and risk behaviour in injecting drug users (IDUs), male sex workers (MSWs), Hijras (transgenders), female sex workers (FSWs) and male truckers in Karachi and Lahore, Pakistan. The design was a linked-anonymous cross-sectional study of individ...
Tasnim Azim, Sharful Islam Khan, Fariha Haseen, Nafisa Lira Huq et al.
Bangladesh initiated an early response to the HIV epidemic starting in the mid-1980s. Since then, the res-ponse has been enhanced considerably, and many HIV-prevention interventions among the most at-risk populations and the general youth are being undertaken. Alongside prevention activities, gather...
Sushil Koirala, Keshab Deuba, Oranuch Nampaisan, Gaetano Marrone et al.
INTRODUCTION: The need for efficient retention in HIV care is more evident than ever because of the expansion of earlier ART initiation and the shift towards 'Test and Treat'. This study assesses factors affecting participation in the HIV care cascade among people living with HIV (PLHIV) in the Asia...
Nazrul Islam Mondal, Kamal Hossain, Md. Rafiqul Islam, Abul Bashar Mian
We analyzed the sexual behavior and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) of street-based female sex workers (SFSWs) of Rajshahi city and examined their socio-demographic profiles. Among the SFSWs attending three drop-in centers (DIC) named PIACT, PROVA, and Suraksha Madhumita in Rajshahi, 150 self-m...
Mukta Sharma, Edna Oppenheimer, Tobi Saidel, Virginia Loo et al.
We explore the magnitude of and current trends in HIV infection among people who inject drugs and estimate the reach of harm reduction interventions among them in seven high-burden countries of the South-East Asia Region. Our data are drawn from the published and unpublished literature, routine nati...
Don C. Des Jarlais, Jonathan Feelemyer, Shilpa N. Modi, Abu Abdul-Quader et al.
BACKGROUND: Persons who inject drugs (PWID) are at an elevated risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. In many high-income countries, needle and syringe exchange programs (NSP) have been associated with reductions in blood-borne infections. However, we do n...
Julia Del Amo, Georg Bröring, F F Hamers, A Infuso et al.
Introduction HIV/AIDS continues to be a major public health challenge in twenty-first century Europe [1,2]. Increasing population movement whether for travel, political or economic purposes, combined with demographic, social and economic transitions create conditions that contribute to the increase ...