Background. In sub-Saharan Africa, substance use among adolescents has continued to be
a major public health concern, albeit poorly documented across many settings. Objective. To …

Women who inject drugs face multiple gender‐specific health risks and barriers to
healthcare access. These gendered factors may contribute to elevated rates of HIV for this …

HIV infections continue to rise in drug-involved women, especially injecting drug users in
Asia and eastern Europe, 1 and in crack-cocaine users in the USA and other countries. 2 …

Due to its widespread use in the sex work industry, female sex workers (FSWs) in low-and
middle-income countries (LMICs) are at high risk of harmful alcohol use and associated …

Objective To assess the impact of the Women's Health CoOp (WHC) on drug abstinence
among vulnerable women having HIV counselling and testing (HCT). Design Randomised …

Female adolescents from socioeconomically underserved communities in Cape Town,
South Africa, who have dropped out of school, use substances, and engage in risky sex …

This study examines alcohol use, transactional sex (TS), and sexually transmitted infection
(STI) risk among sugar plantation residents near Moshi, Tanzania, from 2002 to 2004. We …

Background This study examined cross-sectional data collected from substance-using
female sex workers (FSW) and non-sex workers (non-SW) in Pretoria, South Africa, who …

Alcohol and other drug use, gender power inequities and violence are key contributors to
sexual risks for HIV among South African men and women. Little is known about the …

Background: Little is known about the association between methamphetamine use and
sexual risk behaviors among young South African women between 13 and 20 years of age …