Systematic review and meta-analysis of community and facility-based HIV testing to address linkage to care gaps in sub-Saharan Africa

M Sharma, R Ying, G Tarr, R Barnabas - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
HIV testing and counselling is the first crucial step for linkage to HIV treatment and
prevention. However, despite high HIV burden in sub-Saharan Africa, testing coverage is …

The global response and unmet actions for HIV and sex workers

K Shannon, AL Crago, SD Baral, LG Bekker… - The Lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
Female, male, and transgender sex workers continue to have disproportionately high
burdens of HIV infection in low-income, middle-income, and high-income countries in 2018 …

Preexposure chemoprophylaxis for HIV prevention in men who have sex with men

RM Grant, JR Lama, PL Anderson… - … England Journal of …, 2010 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Antiretroviral chemoprophylaxis before exposure is a promising approach for
the prevention of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) acquisition. Methods We randomly …

Sex work criminalization is barking up the wrong tree

I Vanwesenbeeck - Archives of sexual behavior, 2017 - Springer
There is a notable shift toward more repression and criminalization in sex work policies, in
Europe and elsewhere. So-called neo-abolitionism reduces sex work to trafficking, with …

Promoting male partner HIV testing and safer sexual decision making through secondary distribution of self-tests by HIV-negative female sex workers and women …

H Thirumurthy, SH Masters, SN Mavedzenge… - The lancet HIV, 2016 - thelancet.com
Background Increased uptake of HIV testing by men in sub-Saharan Africa is essential for
the success of combination prevention. Self-testing is an emerging approach with high …

An action agenda for HIV and sex workers

C Beyrer, AL Crago, LG Bekker, J Butler, K Shannon… - The Lancet, 2015 - thelancet.com
The women, men, and transgender people who sell sex globally have disproportionate risks
and burdens of HIV in countries of low, middle, and high income, and in concentrated and …

“The prostitution problem”: Claims, evidence, and policy outcomes

C Benoit, M Smith, M Jansson, P Healey… - Archives of sexual …, 2019 - Springer
Prostitution, payment for the exchange of sexual services, is deemed a major social problem
in most countries around the world today, with little to no consensus on how to address it. In …

The effect of HIV programs in South Africa on national HIV incidence trends, 2000–2019

LF Johnson, G Meyer-Rath, RE Dorrington… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Background: Recent studies have shown HIV incidence declines at a population level in
several African countries. However, these studies have not directly quantified the extent to …

HIV treatment cascade in MSM, people who inject drugs, and sex workers

K Risher, KH Mayer, C Beyrer - Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS, 2015 - journals.lww.com
HIV treatment cascade in MSM, people who inject drugs, and s... : Current Opinion in HIV and
AIDS HIV treatment cascade in MSM, people who inject drugs, and sex workers : Current …

Estimating the contribution of key populations towards HIV transmission in South Africa

J Stone, C Mukandavire, MC Boily… - African Journal of …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
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 …