This study assessed the knowledge and attitudes among health care providers providing sexual health services to female sex workers in the border region of Thailand and Vietnam. Attitudes to sex workers were found to be very poor.
Year of publication: 2011 Theme: Health and HIV Author: Ketkesone Phrasisombath Relevant URL: [aph.sagepub.com]Feeds
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Knowledge About Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) and Attitudes Toward Female Sex Workers With STI Symptoms Among Health Care Providers in Laos
Posted: August 5th, 2011, 9:56pm PDT by cheryl
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The potential impact of an HIV vaccine with limited protection on HIV incidence in Thailand: A modeling study
Posted: August 5th, 2011, 5:33am PDT by cheryl
offThe following is an abstract about the potential benefits of a HIV vaccine. It mentions 'risk compensation' which means abandoning condoms. It points out that mathmatical modelling shows that a partially effective vaccine may lead to increased HIV among sex workers if sex workers are less able to persuade clients to use condoms. The same is true of Prep and microbicides.
Year of publication: 2011 Theme: Health and HIV Author: Nico J.D. Nagelkerke Relevant URL: [www.sciencedirect.com] -
Indonesia Jails Sex Workers for Month of Ramadam
Posted: August 5th, 2011, 4:44am PDT by cheryl
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Sex workers being 'netted' by East Jakarta Satpol PP officers on Friday (5 August 2011). After a fight they Sex workers were taken to a detention centre called Ceger Social Institution, Cipayung. “Based on the governor’s instruction, those who caught will not be freed until Eid ul Fitr,”
Source [www.beritajakarta.com] Year of publication: 2011 Theme: Human Rights and Law