High risk of HIV in non-brothel based female sex workers in India

Dandona, Rakhi; Dandona, Lalit; Gutiérrez, Juan Pablo; Kumar, Anil; McPherson, Sam; Samuels, Fiona; Bertozzi, Stefano

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-5-87

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“…More than half the street-based sex workers said they never or seldom used condoms. Notably, those women who knew that HIV infection could be prevented and who had access to free condoms were significantly more likely to be using condoms consistently (Dandona et al, 2005).…”

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Grand challenges in chronic non-communicable diseases

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Grand challenges in chronic non-communicable diseases

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“…To economically empower PLWHA, skill development and self-employment programs should be formulated ART centers across India are working towards better treatment facilities for PLWHA but they should also consider the economic and social aspects to further facilitate people living with HIV and eradicate it. There are clear linkages between poverty and HIV and this story clearly portrays how poverty can make people vulnerable and push them towards transactional sex [6,7]. HIV is an illness which is accompanied by the issues of suicidal thoughts, experiences of violence, issues of moral burden and guilt [8][9][10][11].…”

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Resistance to Resilience: Journey of a Young Girl from Home to ART Center

Malik¹

2017

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Introduction"I am the eldest in my family and the sole earning member. My younger siblings are dependent upon me now. Down my memory lane I remember my father existing only as a drunkard; he would earn only to drink. My mother worked as a house help and supported us. She always motivated us to study well and rise above the shackles of poverty. We were poverty-stricken but still she managed our education in the government funded schools and then colleges. I joined college and like all other college going girls I had dreams of a good-life. My parents were not in a position to fulfil them. I would try to get what I needed on my own. I have always liked watching movies, eating out with friends, wearing shimmery clothes and glittery shoes and using technologically advanced smart phones. My friends could easily afford all these; they never had to put any extra efforts for these things. My friends brought me all the gossipy news, since our household had no television. My friends had been my access to the world of entertainment. They would discuss the TV shows and in such situations I always felt left-out. I liked them, I wanted to be like them and I wanted to live the life they lived. My friends had fathers who slogged to make ends meet and mothers who earned a buck here and there by working as domestic-helps. Consequently my friends could afford second-hand TVs and refrigerators but I couldn't. I felt angry at my father, who drank the cheaply available local alcohol, since that was all he could afford.

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“…The first case of Human immune Virus (HIV) was recognized in United States in 1981 [4]. HIV/AIDS remains one of the world's most significant public health challenges, particularly in low and middle-income region [5]. The statisticians from joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and WHO estimated that there are approximately 36.7 million people living with HIV at the end of 2016.…”

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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding HIV/AIDS among Students in China

Singh¹,

Xiao²

2017

WJA

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HIV/AIDS remains one of the world's most significant public health challenges, particularly in low and middle-income region. China has witnessed a moderate effect of global HIV/AIDS endemic for which HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention program have been developed and conducted. In China the university students are among the affected target population because of the recent development of casual attitude towards sex, the rapid economic revolution and degradation of traditional value. The purpose of this paper is to describe HIV/AIDS knowledge, attitudes, and practice and identify personal risk behaviors among students in China. Selection of the articles suitable for the review was done from 2007 to 2016 on the basis of their study regarding HIV/AIDS in accordance with different students of schools, undergraduate and postgraduate study. Knowledge of the students is accordance with their education level while attitude have no relation with the knowledge and still there is unsafe sexual practice present among students. Although students have good knowledge regarding HIV/AIDS, they have still negative attitude towards HIV/AIDS patients. There are still misconceptions especially concerning mosquitos and kissing as routes of transmission of HIV. There is difficulty in separating HIV from AIDS by many students. Due to insufficient knowledge regarding HIV/AIDS among school students many of them believe that there is a medicine that can cure HIV/AIDS. Comparatively Students are more focused on knowledge regarding HIV/AIDS rather than developing and maintaining safe sexual behavior among the students. We believe that the review will help to focus further into the more effective attitude based implementation of knowledge and practice among Chinese students.

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High risk of HIV in non-brothel based female sex workers in India

Cited by 143 publications

References 12 publications

Grand challenges in chronic non-communicable diseases

Grand challenges in chronic non-communicable diseases

Resistance to Resilience: Journey of a Young Girl from Home to ART Center

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding HIV/AIDS among Students in China

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