Title The global HIV epidemics among sex workers / Deanna Kerrigan [and others]

Published Washington, D.C. : World Bank, ©2013

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Description 1 online resource (xxxvi, 305 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Directions in development. Human development Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Human development. Contents Review of the epidemiology of HIV among sex workers -- Country case studies on sex work and HIV prevention -- HIV prevention interventions for sex workers : modeling the impacts -- Cost-effectiveness analyses -- Modeling violence and HIV among sex workers -- Sex worker leadership in responding to HIV and promoting human rights Summary This volume presents an integrated epidemiologic, social, and economic analysis of the global epidemics of HIV among sex workers in low- and middle-income countries. The book provides a comprehensive review and synthesis of the available public health and social science data to characterize the nature, scope, and complexities of these epidemics. A community empowerment-based approach to HIV prevention, treatment, and care is outlined and demonstrated to be cost-effective across multiple settings, with a significant projected impact on HIV incidence among sex workers and transmission dynamics overall. The Global HIV Epidemics among Sex Workers seeks to assist governments, public health implementing agencies, donors, and sex worker communities to better understand and respond to the epidemics among a population facing heightened social and structural vulnerabilities to HIV. The book combines a systematic review of the global epidemiology of HIV among sex workers and in-depth case studies of the epidemiology, policy and programmatic responses and surrounding social contexts for HIV prevention, care and treatment in eight countries. The authors employ mathematical modeling and cost-effectiveness analysis to assess the potential country-level impact of a community empowerment-based approach to HIV prevention, treatment, and care among sex workers when taken to scale in four countries representing diverse sociopolitical contexts and HIV epidemics: Brazil, Kenya, Thailand, and Ukraine. In each setting, greater investment in prevention, treatment, and care for sex workers is shown to significantly reduce HIV. Together these findings underline the urgency of further global investment in comprehensive, human rights-based responses to HIV among sex workers Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes English Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed Feb. 25, 2013) Subject HIV infections -- Prevention. Prostitutes -- Diseases Prostitutes -- Health and hygiene World health. HIV infections. Human rights. Global Health HIV Infections HIV Infections -- epidemiology Human Rights Sex Workers HIV Infections -- prevention & control MEDICAL -- Forensic Medicine. MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine. MEDICAL -- Public Health. World health Human rights HIV infections HIV infections -- Prevention Prostitutes -- Diseases Prostitutes -- Health and hygiene Genre/Form Statistics Statistics. Statistiques. Form Electronic book Author Kerrigan, Deanna. World Bank. LC no. 2012042983 ISBN 9780821397756 0821397753 1283941635 9781283941631

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