Ministry of Health and Social Services, Windhoek, Namibia.
Division of Global HIV and Tuberculosis, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Windhoek, Namibia.
J Epidemiol Glob Health. 2020 Dec;10(4):351-358. doi: 10.2991/jegh.k.200603.001. Epub 2020 Jun 19.
BACKGROUND: In most settings, Female Sex Workers (FSW) bear a disproportionate burden of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) disease worldwide. Representative data to inform the development of behavioral and biomedical interventions for FSW in Namibia have not been published. OBJECTIVES: Our objectives were to measure HIV prevalence, identify risk factors for infection, and describe uptake of prevention, testing, and treatment among FSW in Namibia. METHODS: We conducted cross-sectional surveys using Respondent-driven Sampling (RDS) in the Namibian cities of Katima Mulilo, Oshikango, Swakopmund/Walvis Bay, and Windhoek. Participating FSW completed behavioral questionnaires and rapid HIV testing. RESULTS: City-specific ranges of key indicators were: HIV prevalence (31.0-52.3%), reached by prevention programs in the past 12 months (46.9-73.6%), condom use at last sex with commercial (82.1-91.1%) and non-commercial (87.0-94.2%) partners, and tested for HIV within past 12 months or already aware of HIV-positive serostatus (56.9-82.1%). Factors associated with HIV infection varied by site and included: older age, having multiple commercial or non-commercial sex partners, unemployment, being currently out of school, and lower education level. Among HIV-positive FSW, 57.1% were aware of their HIV-positive serostatus and 33.7% were on antiretroviral treatment. DISCUSSION: Our results indicate extremely high HIV prevalence and low levels of case identification and treatment among FSW in Namibia. Our results, which are the first representative community-based estimates among FSW in Namibia, can inform the scale-up of interventions to reduce the risk for HIV acquisition and onward transmission, including treatment as prevention and pre-exposure prophylaxis.
背景:在大多数环境中,性工作者(FSW)在全球范围内承受着不成比例的艾滋病毒(HIV)疾病负担。在纳米比亚,没有发表过关于为 FSW 制定行为和生物医学干预措施的代表性数据。
目的:我们的目的是衡量 HIV 流行率,确定感染的危险因素,并描述 FSW 在纳米比亚对预防、检测和治疗的采用情况。
方法:我们使用响应驱动抽样(RDS)在纳米比亚的卡特马穆利洛、奥希坎戈、斯瓦科普蒙德/沃尔维斯湾和温得和克市进行了横断面调查。参与的 FSW 完成了行为问卷和快速 HIV 检测。
结果:各城市关键指标的范围如下:HIV 流行率(31.0-52.3%),过去 12 个月内通过预防计划达到(46.9-73.6%),与商业(82.1-91.1%)和非商业(87.0-94.2%)性伴侣发生性行为时使用安全套,以及在过去 12 个月内接受过 HIV 检测或已知道 HIV 阳性血清状态(56.9-82.1%)。与 HIV 感染相关的因素因地点而异,包括:年龄较大、有多个商业或非商业性伴侣、失业、目前辍学和教育水平较低。在 HIV 阳性 FSW 中,57.1% 知道自己的 HIV 阳性血清状态,33.7% 正在接受抗逆转录病毒治疗。
讨论:我们的研究结果表明,纳米比亚的 FSW 中 HIV 流行率极高,而病例发现和治疗率却很低。我们的研究结果是纳米比亚首次针对 FSW 的具有代表性的社区估计,可以为减少 HIV 获得和传播风险的干预措施的扩大提供信息,包括治疗即预防和暴露前预防。
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