Feasible, Efficient and Necessary, without Exception : Working with Sex Workers Interrupts HIV/STI Transmission and Brings Treatment to Many in Need

High rates of partner change in sex work—whether in professional, ‘transactional’ or other context—disproportionately drive transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. Several countries in Asia have demonstrated that reducing transmission in sex work can reverse established epidem...

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Main Authors:	Steen, Richard, Wheeler, Tisha, Gorgens, Marelize, Mziray, Elizabeth, Dallabetta, Gina
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Public Library of Science 2015
Subjects:	HIV transmission STI prevention sex workers
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23188

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spelling	okr-10986-231882021-04-23T14:04:13Z Feasible, Efficient and Necessary, without Exception : Working with Sex Workers Interrupts HIV/STI Transmission and Brings Treatment to Many in Need Steen, Richard Wheeler, Tisha Gorgens, Marelize Mziray, Elizabeth Dallabetta, Gina HIV transmission STI prevention sex workers High rates of partner change in sex work—whether in professional, ‘transactional’ or other context—disproportionately drive transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. Several countries in Asia have demonstrated that reducing transmission in sex work can reverse established epidemics among sex workers, their clients and the general population. Experience and emerging research from Africa reaffirms unprotected sex work to be a key driver of sexual transmission in different contexts and regardless of stage or classification of HIV epidemic. This validation of the epidemiology behind sexual transmission carries an urgent imperative to realign prevention resources and scale up effective targeted interventions in sex work settings, and, given declining HIV resources, to do so efficiently. Eighteen articles in this issue of PLOS One highlight the importance and feasibility of such interventions under four themes: 1) epidemiology, data needs and modelling of sex work in generalised epidemics; 2) implementation science addressing practical aspects of intervention scale-up; 3) community mobilisation and 4) the treatment cascade for sex workers living with HIV. 2015-12-02T22:09:18Z 2015-12-02T22:09:18Z 2015-10-21 Journal Article PLoS ONE http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23188 en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Public Library of Science Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research
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spellingShingle	HIV transmission STI prevention sex workers Steen, Richard Wheeler, Tisha Gorgens, Marelize Mziray, Elizabeth Dallabetta, Gina Feasible, Efficient and Necessary, without Exception : Working with Sex Workers Interrupts HIV/STI Transmission and Brings Treatment to Many in Need
description	High rates of partner change in sex work—whether in professional, ‘transactional’ or other context—disproportionately drive transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. Several countries in Asia have demonstrated that reducing transmission in sex work can reverse established epidemics among sex workers, their clients and the general population. Experience and emerging research from Africa reaffirms unprotected sex work to be a key driver of sexual transmission in different contexts and regardless of stage or classification of HIV epidemic. This validation of the epidemiology behind sexual transmission carries an urgent imperative to realign prevention resources and scale up effective targeted interventions in sex work settings, and, given declining HIV resources, to do so efficiently. Eighteen articles in this issue of PLOS One highlight the importance and feasibility of such interventions under four themes: 1) epidemiology, data needs and modelling of sex work in generalised epidemics; 2) implementation science addressing practical aspects of intervention scale-up; 3) community mobilisation and 4) the treatment cascade for sex workers living with HIV.
format	Journal Article
author	Steen, Richard Wheeler, Tisha Gorgens, Marelize Mziray, Elizabeth Dallabetta, Gina
author_facet	Steen, Richard Wheeler, Tisha Gorgens, Marelize Mziray, Elizabeth Dallabetta, Gina
author_sort	Steen, Richard
title	Feasible, Efficient and Necessary, without Exception : Working with Sex Workers Interrupts HIV/STI Transmission and Brings Treatment to Many in Need
title_short	Feasible, Efficient and Necessary, without Exception : Working with Sex Workers Interrupts HIV/STI Transmission and Brings Treatment to Many in Need
title_full	Feasible, Efficient and Necessary, without Exception : Working with Sex Workers Interrupts HIV/STI Transmission and Brings Treatment to Many in Need
title_fullStr	Feasible, Efficient and Necessary, without Exception : Working with Sex Workers Interrupts HIV/STI Transmission and Brings Treatment to Many in Need
title_full_unstemmed	Feasible, Efficient and Necessary, without Exception : Working with Sex Workers Interrupts HIV/STI Transmission and Brings Treatment to Many in Need
title_sort	feasible, efficient and necessary, without exception : working with sex workers interrupts hiv/sti transmission and brings treatment to many in need
publisher	Public Library of Science
publishDate	2015
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23188
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Feasible, Efficient and Necessary, without Exception : Working with Sex Workers Interrupts HIV/STI Transmission and Brings Treatment to Many in Need

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