Mapping the number of female sex workers in countries across sub-Saharan Africa.

ABSTRACT: Female sex workers (FSW) are affected by individual, network, and structural risks, making them vulnerable to poor health and well-being. HIV prevention strategies and local community-based programs can rely on estimates of the number of FSW to plan and implement differentiated HIV prevention and treatment services. However, there are limited systematic assessments of the number of FSW in countries across sub-Saharan Africa to facilitate the identification of prevention and treatment gaps. Here we provide estimated population sizes of FSW and the corresponding uncertainties for almost all sub-national areas in sub-Saharan Africa. We first performed a literature review of FSW size estimates and then developed a Bayesian hierarchical model to synthesize these size estimates, resolving compet

SUBMITTER: Laga I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9926247 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature