Sex work remains an important contributor to HIV transmission within early, advanced and
regressing epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa, but its social and behavioral underpinnings …

Objectives: To collect estimated numbers of female sex workers (FSW) and present
proportions of FSW in the female population (FSW prevalence) in different regions of the …

It is now forty years since the discovery of AIDS, but its origins continue to puzzle doctors,
scientists and patients. Inspired by his own experiences working as a physician in a bush …

Introduction Female sex workers (FSWs) are at high risk of HIV infection. Our objective was
to determine the proportion of HIV prevalence in the general female adult population that is …

Informed behavior change as an HIV prevention tool has yielded unequal successes across
populations. Despite decades of HIV education, some individuals remain at high risk. The …

Though formal and informal sex work has long been identified as crucial for the spread of
HIV/AIDS, the nature of the sex-for-money market remains poorly understood. Using a …

Background It is commonly assumed that sexual risk factors for heterosexual HIV
transmission in sub-Saharan Africa, such as multi-partner sex, paid sex and co-infections …

We examine how variation in local economic conditions has shaped the AIDS epidemic in
Africa. Using data from over 200,000 individuals across 19 countries, we match biomarker …

AIDS media lead unexpected lives once distributed through urban space: billboards fade,
posters go missing, bumper stickers travel to other cities. The materiality of AIDS campaign …

Introduction: In generalized epidemic settings, there is insufficient understanding of how the
unmet HIV prevention and treatment needs of key populations (KPs), such as female sex …