Programmatic mapping to determine the size and dynamics of sex work and injecting drug use in Mauritius
| العنوان: | Programmatic mapping to determine the size and dynamics of sex work and injecting drug use in Mauritius |
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| المؤلفون: | Ahmed Saumtally, Said A H Kinoo, Sarah Soobhany, Amita Pathack, Carly A. Comins, Faran Emmanuel |
| المصدر: | African Journal of AIDS Research; Vol 17, No 2 (2018) |
| بيانات النشر: | NISC, 2018. |
| سنة النشر: | 2018 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Drug, Adult, Male, media_common.quotation_subject, Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), HIV Infections, medicine.disease_cause, Transgender Persons, Occupational safety and health, Men who have sex with men, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Risk groups, Risk-Taking, Population Groups, immune system diseases, Virology, medicine, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Homosexuality, Homosexuality, Male, media_common, Sex work, Sex Workers, Geography, business.industry, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, virus diseases, Female sex, General Medicine, Sex Work, Infectious Diseases, Africa, HIV, key populations, size estimation, venue mapping, Mauritius, Female, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Demography |
| الوصف: | HIV in Mauritius is in a concentrated phase. Most HIV infection is among key populations (KPs) including female sex workers (FSW), people who inject drugs (PWID), men who have sex with men (MSM), and transgender sex workers (TGSW). The objective of this research was to use geographical mapping to determine the precise locations, typologies and population estimates of each KP in Mauritius. From May to July 2014 a programmatic mapping approach determined national estimates and information on the specific locations, “hotspots”, frequented by KPs in Mauritius. Data were collected through multiple levels of activity. Key informants provided information about hotspots where KPs congregated and were actively engaged in risky behaviours. Validation of hotspots was done by engaging KPs. A total of 17 248 KP members were estimated spread over 1 964 hotspots in Mauritius. The largest KP was PWID with an estimate of 7 598 (range: 4 091–6 223), followed by 6 223 (range: 5 090–7 456) FSWs, spread over 694 and 731 hotspots respectively. A total of 2 020 (range: 1 595–2 446) MSM and 294 geographic MSM hotspots, and 1 407 TGSWs (range: 1 165–1 649) distributed over 245 hotspots. This research provided Mauritius with validated KPs size estimations and provided the first national data on KP hotspots and operational dynamics. The use of these data will strengthen HIV prevention, intervention, and programme planning in the country through focusing efforts to systematically target high-risk areas.Keywords: Africa, HIV, key populations, size estimation, venue mapping |
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| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1727-9445 1608-5906 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::cfcfbbde59c906ede87e434a26485c0dTest https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajar/article/view/174875Test |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....cfcfbbde59c906ede87e434a26485c0d |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 17279445 16085906 |
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