Gaps in HIV Testing and Treatment Among Female Sex Workers in Lae and Mt. Hagen, Papua New Guinea
- 6 August 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in AIDS and Behavior
- Vol. 25 (5), 1573-1582
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-020-02997-w
Abstract
We conducted biobehavioral surveys among female sex workers (FSW) in Lae and Mt. Hagen, Papua New Guinea (January–December 2017). Respondent-driven sampling was used to recruit FSW aged ≥ 12 years, who were assigned female sex at birth, who spoke English or Tok Pisin, and who sold or exchanged sex for money, goods, or services in the last 6 months. When adjusted for viral suppression, 48.9% of FSW Lae and 61.9% in Mt. Hagen were aware of their HIV positive status. Of these women, 95.3% in Lae and 98.9% in Mt. Hagen were on antiretroviral therapy, and of these, 83.5% in Lae and 87.0% in Mt. Hagen had suppressed viral load. Renewed efforts are needed to increase HIV testing among FSW and provide support to FSW on treatment in both cities to attain viral suppression.Keywords
Funding Information
- U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (1 U2G GH001531-01, NU2GGH002093-01-00)
This publication has 25 references indexed in Scilit:
- ‘We are despised in the hospitals’: sex workers' experiences of accessing health care in four African countriesCulture, Health & Sexuality, 2013
- Global epidemiology of HIV infection in men who have sex with menThe Lancet, 2012
- Comment: Snowball versus Respondent-Driven SamplingSociological Methodology, 2011
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of quantitative interviewing tools to investigate self-reported HIV and STI associated behaviours in low- and middle-income countriesInternational Journal of Epidemiology, 2010
- Accessing Social Networks With High Rates of Undiagnosed HIV Infection: The Social Networks Demonstration ProjectAmerican Journal of Public Health, 2009
- Consistency in the reporting of sexual behaviour by adolescent girls in Kenya: a comparison of interviewing methodsSexually Transmitted Infections, 2004
- 5. Sampling and Estimation in Hidden Populations Using Respondent-Driven SamplingSociological Methodology, 2004
- The Patient Health Questionnaire-2Medical Care, 2003
- What proportion of episodes of gonorrhoea and chlamydia becomes symptomatic?International Journal of STD & AIDS, 2002
- Respondent-Driven Sampling: A New Approach to the Study of Hidden PopulationsSocial Problems, 1997