Open AccessDecline in the Prevalence of HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Female Sex Workers in Benin Over 15 Years of Targeted Interventions
Author(s) -
Luc Béhanzin,
Souleymane Diabaté,
Isaac Minani,
MarieClaude Boily,
AnnieClaude Labbé,
Clément Ahoussinou,
S. Anagonou,
Djimon Marcel Zannou,
Catherine M Lowndes,
Michel Alary
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0b013e318286b9d4
Subject(s) - gonorrhea , medicine , psychological intervention , demography , confidence interval , chlamydia , environmental health , confounding , sexually transmitted disease , condom , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , syphilis , immunology , psychiatry , sociology
An HIV-preventive intervention targeting the sex work milieu and involving fully integrated components of structural interventions, communication for behavioral change and care for sexually transmitted infections (STIs), was implemented in Benin by a Canadian project from 1992 to 2006. It first covered Cotonou before being extended to other main cities from 2000. At the project end, the Beninese authorities took over the intervention, but structural interventions were interrupted and other intervention components were implemented separately. We estimated time trends in HIV/STI prevalence among female sex workers (FSWs) from 1993 to 2008 and assessed the impact of the change in intervention model on trends.