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The main finding from this assessment is that the Global Fund program me has contributed towards significant coverage of the population and has provided an opportunity for Malaysian NGOs to design and work towards delivering a comprehensive package of services for the sex worker population in the last one and half years. In all sites visited, there was strong evidence of the impact of the intervention in the SW community, the high commitment of the SRs to the project, and evidence of greater community understanding and acceptance of the importance of HIV prevention in the project sites.
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Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are major causes of reproductive morbidity (pain, infertility) and mortality (HIV) usually concentrated in Most at Risk Populations (MARPs), characterized by frequent, unprotected sexual intercourse. Measuring risk behaviors, protective behaviors and prevalence of STI among MARPs allows for monitoring the impact of treatment & preventive interventions.
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In 2010, the 11th round of HSS has been conducted. The study was conducted among female entertainment workers and pregnant women attending antenatal clinics across 22 provinces/cities in Cambodia. Findings from HSS 2010 suggest that HIV prevalence among female sex workers (represented by female entertainment workers who reported having more than 7 clients per week) remained stable compared to the prevalence of 14% in 2006.However, a clear drop in HIV prevalence was observed when looking at the trend among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic, as there has been about a 0.4% point drop from 2006 to 2010.
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This is the fifth round of the Integrated Biological and Behavioral Surveillance Survey (IBBS) conducted among Female Sex Workers (FSWs) of 22 Terai Highway Districts. This was a cross-sectional survey in which a total of 610 Female Sex Workers (FSWs) were recruited; out of the total respondents, 400 were recruited from 16 districts domain, and remaining 210 were recruited from 16 districts domain.
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The HIV and Sex Work Collection provides eleven detailed case studies on HIV and sex work programmes and advocacy from seven countries in the Asia Pacific region: Bangladesh, China, Fiji, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Thailand. It also provides an analysis of the key lessons learned for delivering and scaling up evidence and rights-based responses.
The HIV and Sex Work Collection is designed for multiple audiences. It is a valuable tool for: programming managers, implementers and service providers, including government, NGOs and sex worker organizations, in the design and delivery of programmes; policy makers and development partners in planning and allocating resources for strengthening and scaling up effective interventions; and advocacy for a comprehensive response that focuses on evidence and rights-based interventions to address HIV in the context of sex work.
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Despite Cambodia’s significant strides in reducing HIV prevalence in recent years, pockets of new infections remain high among certain sub-populations, particularly among entertainment workers. Notably, many entertainment workers are young and at double risk of HIV infection and at risk of exploitation, violence and abuse.
This important qualitative study was conducted in four urban cities as a follow up to the 2010 Survey among Most at Risk Young People to provide insights into the life experiences and risks young women, men and transgendered persons are exposed to. While this is not a nationally representative study, it provides informative data and rich insides into young people’s experiences.
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The first case of HIV in Papua New Guinea (PNG) was reported in 1987. By 2004, the country had declared a generalized epidemic, the fourth country in the Asia Pacific region to do so. Although the HIV epidemic in Papua New Guinea is now the largest and the only generalized one in the Pacific, recent analysis shows that the epidemic is starting to level off.
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The report is intended to provide an evidence-base for: policy makers working in government, regional and multilateral organizations; parliamentarians; members of the judiciary; civil society organizations; donor agencies; and sex workers and their organizations engaged in advocacy to improve the legal and policy enabling environment for HIV responses. The study focuses on 48 countries of the Asia Pacific region, with an emphasis on low and middle-income countries.
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Sex workers have the same sexual and reproductive rights as anyone else – such as to choose who to have sex with and to have sexual relations free from violence. They also share many of the same needs for SRHR information, support, commodities and services – such as advice about family planning.
This brief specifically focuses on the importance, but also challenges, of HIV/SRHR integration for sex workers. It is based on the experiences of a growing number of groups working with such communities to put integration into practice in a range of setting. These have given important insights into ‘what works’. But they also highlight that everyone is still learning and questions remain about what constitutes good practice.
This issue brief promotes integration as a desirable goal in the long-term. However, it also emphasizes that organizations must work in a way and at pace that is appropriate and feasible for them – to ensure that the joining of HIV and SRHR services and systems enhances, rather than compromises, support for sex workers.
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Although researchers and public health organisations in most low and middle income countries have not collected any recent data on the prevalence of HIV in female sex workers, the data that do exist are alarming, the 19th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) heard on Thursday.
Pooling the data available for 50 countries, female sex workers have a 14-fold higher risk of infection as women of a similar age in the general population.
Rates are especially elevated in some countries, including Bangladesh, Benin, Cambodia, China, Guinea, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Nepal and Senegal.