Estimating the size of the female sex worker population in Kenya to inform HIV prevention programming.
<h4>Background</h4>The high burden of HIV infections among female sex workers (FSW) in sub-Saharan Africa has been long recognised, but effective preventive interventions have largely not been taken to scale. We undertook a national geographical mapping exercise in 2011/2012 to assess th...
Main Authors: | Willis Omondi Odek, George N Githuka, Lisa Avery, Peter K Njoroge, Lombe Kasonde, Marelize Gorgens, Joshua Kimani, Lawrence Gelmon, Gloria Gakii, Shajy Isac, Emmanuel Faran, Helgar Musyoki, William Maina, James F Blanchard, Stephen Moses |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2014-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0089180&type=printable |
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