Policy Brief, Updated in March 2017
Key messages
• Sex workers have the right to equal protection under the law, regardless of the legal status of sex work.
• Sex workers have the right to access HIV, sexually transmitted infection (STI) and other health services free from the thr...eat of violence, intimidation, incarceration, and stigma and discrimination.
• Justice and law enforcement sectors, together with the health sector and sex worker communities, should work in partnership to reform relevant legislation, policies and practices.
• Capacity development of all partners is critical to the success of the HIV response among sex workers.
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African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 11, Issue 1, March 2021, Pages 165-170
Viral Load Scale-up and Decentralized Testing Experience in Botswana.
This AIDS 2016 presentation highlights how Botswana’s decentralized testing model provides an example of how “taking the services closer to the people, rather than people coming to the services” can increase access, when s...upported by strong partnerships.
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Russian Federation
Accessed: 24.09.2019
International Journal of Current Research Vol. 10, Issue, 04, pp.68266-68270, April, 2018
ISSN: 0975-833X
Nabila El-Bassel, PhD Columbia University
@NabilaElBassel #CUGH2018
Accessed: 26.09.2019
PLoS ONE 12(7): e0180996. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0180996
HIV Country Intelligence - HIV Country Profiles
HIV Country Intelligence - HIV Country Profiles
Co-trimoxazole is a fixed-dose combination of two antimicrobial drugs (sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim) that covers a variety of bacterial, fungal and protozoan infections. Co-trimoxazole preventive therapy is a feasible, well tolerated and inexpensive intervention for people living with HIV to re...duce HIV-related morbidity and mortality. Further, co-trimoxazole is an off-patent drug and widely available in resource-limited settings.
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HIV Country Intelligence - HIV Country Profiles