HIV/AIDS Among Female Sex Workers in China: Epidemiology and Recent Prevention Strategies.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose of review

This review aims to describe the epidemiology of HIV among female sex workers (FSWs) in China over the past decade, to summarize current gaps in knowledge regarding risk factors, and to identify new directions for HIV prevention strategies.

Recent findings

We summarized national and regional levels of HIV prevalence among FSWs based on reported rates in the literature from 2008 to 2018. Studies identified cases of HIV infection among FSWs in all but one province during this time period, and demonstrated a sporadic pattern in most provinces, with a low overall national HIV prevalence below 1%. However, in Yunnan and Guanxi Zhuang Autonomous Regions, the median-reported prevalence rates were close to or slightly above 1%. National prevention programs have wid

SUBMITTER: Zhang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9675938 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature