Determinants of access to HIV testing and counselling services among female sex workers in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review

S Nnko, E Kuringe, D Nyato, M Drake, C Casalini… - BMC public health, 2019 - Springer
Background HIV testing and counselling (HTC) is an essential component for HIV prevention
and a critical entry point into the HIV continuum of care and treatment. Despite the …

HIV testing and counseling among female sex workers: a systematic literature review

A Tokar, JEW Broerse, J Blanchard, M Roura - AIDS and Behavior, 2018 - Springer
HIV testing uptake continues to be low among Female Sex Workers (FSWs). We synthesizes
evidence on barriers and facilitators to HIV testing among FSW as well as frequencies of …

Barriers and facilitators to HIV testing among Zambian female sex workers in three transit hubs

MM Chanda, AG Perez-Brumer, KF Ortblad… - AIDS patient care and …, 2017 - liebertpub.com
Zambia has a generalized HIV epidemic, and HIV is concentrated along transit routes.
Female sex workers (FSWs) are disproportionately affected by the epidemic. HIV testing is …

Correlates of HIV testing among female sex workers in Iran: findings of a national bio-behavioural surveillance survey

M Shokoohi, M Karamouzian, R Khajekazemi… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Female sex workers (FSWs) are the second most affected population by HIV in
Iran. However, their HIV testing practices are poorly understood. The aim of this study was to …

Systematic review of sex work interventions in sub‐Saharan Africa: examining combination prevention approaches

G Awungafac, T Delvaux… - Tropical Medicine & …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The incidence of HIV and sexually transmitted infections is disproportionately high
among sex workers (SW). We aimed to update the evidence on the effectiveness of SW …

Outreach practices of public employment services targeted at NEET youth in Poland

M Smoter - Youth & Society, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper contributes to our understanding of whether, and if so, how public employment
services in Poland are attempting to reach young NEETs, and whether they fail or succeed …

Substance use and HIV infection awareness among HIV-infected female sex workers in Lilongwe, Malawi

KE Lancaster, VF Go, T Lungu, P Mmodzi… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background HIV diagnosis, the first step in HIV care and treatment engagement, may be
inhibited by substance use among female sex workers (FSW). We assessed the relationship …

The experiences of sex workers accessing HIV care services in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

I Moyo, M Macherera - African Health Sciences, 2021 - ajol.info
Background: Although sub-Saharan African countries have rolled out massive HIV treatment
and care programmes, there is little evidence of these having embraced key population …

A rapid review of interventions to increase hepatitis B testing, treatment, and monitoring among migrants living in Australia

V Rajkumar, K McCausland, R Lobo - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) disproportionately affects migrants with low health literacy and
help-seeking behaviour living in high-income countries. Evidence of effective interventions …

Scaling-up HIV responses with key populations in West Africa

T Wheeler, RC Wolf, L Kapesa, AC Surdo… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Background: Despite decades of HIV responses in pockets of West and Central Africa
(WCA), the HIV response with key populations remains an understudied area. Recently …