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Anal Sex, Vaginal Practices, and HIV Incidence in Female Sex Workers in Urban Kenya: Implications for the Development of Intravaginal HIV Prevention Methods
(2011)
Multiple intravaginal HIV prevention methods, including microbicide gels, barriers, and intravaginal rings, are
in clinical development in Africa. Development of intravaginal HIV prevention products requires an understanding
of ...
Factors related to female sex workers' willingness to utilize VCT service: a qualitative study in Jinan city, northern China.
(2009)
While not mentioned in the authors' conclusion, it has been found and it is also my experience that condom education for HIV prevention does not
cause uptake unless it is culturally based {1}. It is important for the ...
Heterogeneity in host HIV susceptibility as a potential contributor to recent HIV prevalence declines in Africa
(2009)
Background
HIV prevalence has recently declined in several African countries, and prior to this the risk of HIV acquisition per unprotected sex contact also declined in Kenyan sex workers. We hypothesized that heterogeneity ...
Epidemiology of Trypanocidal Drug Resistance in the Transmara District of Kenya
(2006)
The sensitivity profile of 10 isolates of Trypanosoma congolense isolated from parasitaemic local Zebu cattle in transmara District, Kenya, to therapeutic doses
of both diminazene aceturate and isometamidium chloride was ...
Opportunities for woman-initiated HIV prevention methods among female sex workers in southern China
(2007)
In my observation and as validated by those in sex industry. a female-controlled method of HIV prevention is needed now. and not in the future.
because power struggles inhibit women from negotiating safer sex practices.
The ...
Determinants of consistent condom use among female commercial sex workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo: implications for interventions.
(2008)
Substance use, including injecting drug use, (IOU) has been associated with comparatively low condom usage. This article confirms my
observations at different levels.
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Release and survival of Echinococcus eggs in different environments in Turkana, and their possible impact on the incidence of hydatidosis in man and livestock.
(1991)
In Turkana, Kenya, a prevalence of hydatidosis of nearly 10% has been recorded among the pastoralists yet their livestock have a much lower prevalence of the disease. The present study investigated the release from dogs ...
The Epidemiology of Gastrointestinal Nematodes of Dairy Cattle in Central Kenya
(2001)
The epidemiology of H. placei and of other gastrointestinal nematodes in yearling dairy cattle was examined on two farms in Kiambu District, central Kenya during each of 13 one-month periods from April 1993 to April 1994. ...
Women, harm reduction and HIV.
(2008)
This study touches on three important barriers to harm reduction with regards to drug use, unprotected sex and the sex trade.
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There is an unavailability of targeted drug treatment centres for women. ...
Correlates of HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and associated high-risk behaviors among male clients of female sex workers in Tijuana, Mexico
(2009)
This study is interesting because it pertains to the behaviour of adult men who have exchanged sex for money, as well as their drug use and
prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STls) and HIV. Male clients are ...