Costs of HIV prevention services provided by community-based organizations to female sex workers in Nigeria.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nigeria has been consistently targeted in sub-Saharan Africa as an HIV-priority country. Its main mode of transmission is heterosexual, and consequently, a key population of interest is female sex workers (FSWs). While HIV prevention services are increasingly implemented by community-based organizations (CBOs) in Nigeria, there is a paucity of evidence on the implementation costs of these organizations. This study seeks to fill this gap by providing new evidence about service delivery unit cost for HIV education (HIVE), HIV counseling and testing (HCT), and sexually transmitted infection (STI) referral services.

Methods

In a sample of 31 CBOs across Nigeria, we calculated the costs of HIV prevention services for FSWs taking a provider-based perspective. We collect

SUBMITTER: Nance N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10010541 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature