Community leadership is key to effective HIV service engagement for female sex workers in Africa

Matambanadzo, Primrose, Otiso, Lilian, Kavhaza, Sibonile, Bhattacharjee, Parinita and Cowan, Frances ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3087-4422 (2025) 'Community leadership is key to effective HIV service engagement for female sex workers in Africa'. Journal of the International AIDS Society, Vol 28, Issue 3, e26425.

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Abstract

Although overall HIV incidence has declined across sub-Saharan Africa since 2010, HIV incidence among female sex workers is nine times higher than among cisgender women [1]. Young women who sell sex are particularly vulnerable. Women who sell sex do so in the context of discrimination and intense stigma, exacerbated by the criminalization of sex work [2]. Despite impressive population-level gains in treatment cascade engagement, antiretroviral therapy (ART) coverage and rates of viral suppression have remained lower among African female sex workers than in the general population [3]. Addressing female sex workers’ specific HIV prevention and treatment needs remains central to a comprehensive HIV response and remains one of UNAIDS central pillars for “ending AIDS by 2030.”

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	WA Public Health > Health Administration and Organization > WA 546 Local Health Administration. Community Health Services WC Communicable Diseases > Virus Diseases > Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. HIV Infections > WC 503 Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. HIV infections
Faculty: Department:	Clinical Sciences & International Health > International Public Health Department
Digital Object Identifer (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1002/jia2.26425
Depositing User:	Rachel Dominguez
Date Deposited:	13 Mar 2025 12:59
Last Modified:	13 Mar 2025 12:59
URI:	https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/26190

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