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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
A tale of two countries: HIV among core groups in Togo
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, Volume 51, No. 2, Year 2009
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OBJECTIVE: To describe the epidemiology of HIV among core groups in Togo. METHODS: We enumerated sex workers (SWs) and conducted cross-sectional surveys of SWs and their clients in 2003 in Lomé and in 2005 in the whole country. RESULTS: Sex work was concentrated in Lomé, which comprised 15% of the population, but 52% of the 5397 SWs enumerated in Togo in 2005 and 68% of the estimated 101,376 men who had bought sex in the year before the 2005 survey. HIV prevalence among SWs was highest in Lomé (45.4% in 2005) and progressively decreased from south to north. A similar geographical pattern was seen for clients (8.3% were HIV infected in Lomé in 2005) and had already been reported for pregnant women. In Lomé, the population attributable fraction of prevalent cases of HIV acquired during transactional sex was estimated at 32%; in the rest of the country, this was only 2%. CONCLUSIONS: This is the first study quantifying sex work at a national level in Africa. Variations in HIV prevalence within Togo, with a north-south gradient among SWs, their clients, and pregnant women, may to a large extent reflect the concentration of the sex trade within Lomé. Prostitution played only a modest a role in HIV dynamics outside Lomé. © 2009 by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Authors & Co-Authors
Sobéla, François
Canada, Sherbrooke
Université de Sherbrooke
Togo, Lome
Projet Sida 3
Pépin, Jacques
Canada, Sherbrooke
Université de Sherbrooke
Canada, Sherbrooke
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke
Gbéléou, Sesso Christophe
Togo, Lome
Projet Sida 3
Banla, Abiba Kéré
Togo, Lome
National Institute of Hygiene
Pitché, Vincent Palokinam
Togo, Lome
Programme National de Lutte Contre le Sida et Les Ist/togo Pnls/ist/togo
Togo, Lome
University of Lome
Adom, Wiyoou
Togo, Lome
Programme National de Lutte Contre le Sida et Les Ist/togo Pnls/ist/togo
Sodji, Dométo
Togo, Lome
Forces en Action Pour le Mieux-étre de la Mère et de L'enfant Famme
Frost, Eric Harold E.
Canada, Sherbrooke
Université de Sherbrooke
Deslandes, Sylvie
Canada, Sherbrooke
Université de Sherbrooke
Labbé, Annie Claude
Canada, Montreal
Hôpital Maisonneuve-rosemont
Canada, Montreal
University of Montreal
Statistics
Citations: 30
Authors: 10
Affiliations: 9
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1097/QAI.0b013e31819c170f
ISSN:
15254135
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Quantitative
Study Locations
Togo
Participants Gender
Male
Female