… HIV infections worldwide, with 1.1 million occurring in sub-… with the transactional sex among
women in this meta-analysis. … ’ age) was not associated with transactional sex. The odds of …

… not sex work but who often engage in transactional sex. Understanding FBWs’ risk
profiles is central to designing targeted HIV … This systematic review describes the socio-demographic …

… this review, address biological pathways of HIV transmission by … (ART) for those already
infected [10]. Although biomedical … in transactional sex relationships and other risky sexual …

… for prioritized HIV prevention in sub-Saharan Africa. We systematically reviewed HIV risk
scores … consistently predicted incident HIV infection, (2) review inclusion of community-level HIV …

… curbing HIV transmission during transactional sex activities [3], it is also important to reduce
… purchasing sex remains a risk factor for HIV infection. Another goal of this systematic review …

… sex partners were three to four times more likely to be HIV positive [15]. Clues on HIV
transmission … acquired their infection from community members [16]. Similarly, studies from the …

… These relationships, often transactional, and is therefore at high risk for HIV [10] , provide …
Therefore, the purpose of this study was to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis to …

… sex partners [ 10 ], and compared to the general population, the average risk for HIV infection
is about 20 times higher for sex … MSM, particular risk factors include condomless anal sex, …

… Thus, this study represents the first known systematic review to assess the risk and protective
… were five times more likely to be involved in transactional sexual exploitation. Additionally, …

… risk of HIV transmission due to exposure to multiple sexual … In this review, the definition of
an FSW is a woman who self-… a sex worker, engaged in transactional sex or exchanged sex for …