HIV among female sex workers in the Central Asian Republics, Afghanistan, and Mongolia: Contexts and convergence with drug use

• Published in: Drug and alcohol dependence Vol. 132; pp. S13 - S16
• Main Authors: Baral, Stefan, Todd, Catherine S., Aumakhan, Bulbul, Lloyd, Jennifer, Delegchoimbol, Altanchimeg, Sabin, Keith
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ireland Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.11.2013
• Subjects: Afghanistan; Afghanistan - epidemiology; Central Asia; Culture; Drug Users - statistics & numerical data; Epidemics; Female; Female sex workers; HIV; HIV Infections - epidemiology; Humans; Injecting drug use; Mongolia; Prevalence; Psychiatry; Risk Factors; Sex Workers - statistics & numerical data; Street Drugs; Substance Abuse, Intravenous - epidemiology; Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology; Afghanistan; Mongolia; Female sex workers; Afghanistan; Mongolia; Injecting drug use; HIV; Central Asia

Central Asia is culturally and demographically diverse, both between and within its respective countries. That diversity is represented in the range of individual, network, community, and structural risks for female sex workers (FSWs) regionally. FSWs have several risk factors for HIV acquisition an...