No increased HIV risk in general population near sex work sites: A nationally representative cross-sectional study in Zimbabwe.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Sex work sites have been hypothesised to be at the root of the observed heterogeneity in HIV prevalence in sub-Saharan Africa. We determined if proximity to sex work sites is associated with HIV prevalence among the general population in Zimbabwe, a country with one of the highest HIV prevalence in the world.

Methods

In this cross-sectional study we use a unique combination of nationally representative geolocated individual-level data from 16,121 adults (age 15-49 years) from 400 sample locations and the locations of 55 sex work sites throughout Zimbabwe; covering an estimated 95% of all female sex workers (FSWs). We calculated the shortest distance by road from each survey sample location to the nearest sex work site, for all sites and by type of sex work site, a

SUBMITTER: Kloek M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9545096 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature