A series of behavioural-biological surveys in 2008 and 2011 in four districts of Karnataka found that mobilising female sex workers is central to effective HIV prevention programming. Defining community mobilisation exposure as low, medium or high, the study revealed female sex workers with high exposure to community mobilisation are:
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Community Mobilisation and Empowerment of FSWs in Karnataka State, India.pdf
Community Mobilisation and Empowerment of FSWs in Karnataka State, India.pdf Theme: Health, Human Rights, Migration & Trafficking
This study can be used as evidence of the need for governments and health programmes to take the needs and rights of sex workers living with HIV on board!
Although disproportionately affected by HIV, sex workers remain neglected by efforts to expand access to ART. In Zimbabwe, this qualitative research study was carried out to determine some of the reasons sex workers take up HIV referrals and ART initiation.
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health service barriers to HIV treatment for SW in zimbabwe.pdf Theme: Health
In 2011, the New Zealand Prostitutes Collective (NZPC) commissioned Kaitiaki to undertake an in-depth investigation to understand better the issues facing migrant sex workers in New Zealand especially with regard to occupational health and safety, and reproductive health.
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Roguski-2013-OSH-of-migrant-sex-workers-in-NZ-1.pdf Theme: Labour
There is a growing interest in the evidence that antiretroviral therapy (ART) can be used to prevent or reduce transmission of HIV. The Global Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+) have recently released their position paper on the use of ART as prevention. The paper focuses on what this means for the general population of people living with HIV (at the individual level) and what it means for public health (at the population level).
Download this resource: GNP_ART_for_prevention_paper_18_July_2012_FINAL.pdf
GNP_ART_for_prevention_paper_18_July_2012_FINAL.pdf Theme: Health
This report presents an overview of HIV prevention, treatment, care and support for sex workers, using case studies and literature to present best practices.
The sections include:
Summary
- Definition and Scope of the Problem
- Methods
- Fact-finding and examples
- General issues
- Conclusions
- Appendix: People consulted
- Acknowledgements
You can download this 31 page PDF resource above. This resource is in English.
Download this resource: AID011-01 Rapport AF_SOTA_web.pdf
AID011-01 Rapport AF_SOTA_web.pdf Theme: