Micro-level social and structural factors act synergistically to increase HIV risk among Nepalese female sex workers

Objectives: Sex workers face stigma, discrimination, and violence across the globe and are almost 14 times more likely to be HIV-infected than other women in low- and middle-income countries. In Asia, condom campaigns at brothels have been effective in some settings, but for preventive interventions...

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Main Authors: Keshab Deuba, Sarah Anderson, Anna Mia Ekström, Satish Raj Pandey, Rachana Shrestha, Deepak Kumar Karki, Gaetano Marrone
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-08-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971216310918