Female sex workers (FSWs) bear a disproportionately large burden of HIV infection
worldwide. Despite decades of research and programme activity, the epidemiology of HIV …

We conducted a systematic review in June 2012 (updated September 2013) to examine the
prevalence and factors shaping sexual or physical violence against sex workers globally …

A community empowerment-based response to HIV is a process by which sex workers take
collective ownership of programmes to achieve the most effective HIV outcomes and …

A growing body of international research documents strong associations between gender‐
based violence and HIV, both in the general population and among high‐risk …

This special issue of Public Health Reports (PHR) focuses on innovations and advances in
incorporating a socialdeterminants-of-health (SDH) framework for addressing the …

The intersection of intimate partner violence and HIV is a public health problem, particularly
among key populations of women, including female sex workers, women who use drugs …

Background While community mobilization has been widely endorsed as an important
component of HIV prevention among vulnerable populations such as female sex workers …

Female sex workers (FSWs) and female prisoners experience elevated HIV prevalence
relative to the general population because of unprotected sex and unsafe drug use …

Women account for more than half of all individuals living with HIV globally. Despite
increasing drug and HIV epidemics among women, women who use drugs are rarely found …

Research suggests experiences with police are related to human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV) sexual risk among women working as sex workers. However, little is known about the …