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...
Colleen F. Kelley, Maribel Acevedo-Quiñones, Allison L. Agwu, Anchalee Avihingsanon et al.
BACKGROUND: Twice-yearly subcutaneous lenacapavir has been shown to be efficacious for prevention of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in cisgender women. The efficacy of lenacapavir for preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in cisgender men, transgender women, transgender men, and gender-nonbin...
Atsuro Tsutsumi, Takashi Izutsu, Akramul Md. Islam, A. N. Maksuda et al.
The present study aims to determine the quality of life (QOL) and general mental health of leprosy patients compared with the general population, and evaluate contributing factors such as socio-economic characteristics and perceived stigma. A total of 189 patients (160 outpatients, 29 inpatients) an...
Sharful Islam Khan, Mohammed Iftekher Hussain, Shaila Parveen, Mahbubul Islam Bhuiyan et al.
The transgender people (hijra), who claim to be neither male nor female, are socially excluded in Bangladesh. This paper describes social exclusion of hijra [The term is used in this abstract both in singular and plural sense] focusing on the pathway between exclusion and sexual health. In an ethnog...
D Somma, Beena Thomas, Fazlul Karim, J Kemp et al.
SETTING: Tuberculosis (TB) control programmes in Bangladesh, India, Malawi and Colombia. OBJECTIVE: Assess indicators of TB-related stigma and socio-cultural and gender-related features of illness associated with stigma. DESIGN: Semi-structured Explanatory Model Interview Catalogue (EMIC) interviews...
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 ...
Claire Thorne, Marie‐Louise Newell
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Mother-to-child transmission of HIV infection is the primary cause of paediatric HIV infections worldwide. Although clinical trials show that antiretroviral therapy, elective caesarean section and formula feeding can significantly reduce the peripartum or postpartum risk of transm...
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...
Zeeba Zahra Sultana, Farhana Ul Hoque, Joseph Beyene, Md. Akhlak-Ul-Islam et al.
Abstract Background Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in HIV infected individuals is a serious threat to global efforts to combat tuberculosis. Inconsistent findings on the association between HIV infection and MDR-TB were present in many studies. We aimed to review existing data on the rela...
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 ...
Tasnuva Wahed, Anadil Alam, Salima Sultana, Monjur Rahman et al.
OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to identify the barriers female sex workers (FSWs) in Bangladesh face with regard to accessing sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care, and assess the satisfaction with the healthcare received. METHODS: Data were collected from coverage areas of four community-based dr...
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...
Sanni Yaya, Ghose Bishwajit, Georges Danhoundo, Vaibhav Shah et al.
BACKGROUND: Globally, women share an indiscriminate burden of the HIV epidemic and the associated socioeconomic consequences. Previous studies have demonstrated a positive correlation between levels of HIV knowledge with its prevalence. However, for Bangladesh such evidence is non-existent. In this ...
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...