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Journal Article
High HIV and syphilis prevalence among female sex workers and sexually exploited adolescents in Nimule town at the border of South Sudan and Uganda
2023
Overview
HIV prevalence among the general population in South Sudan, the world’s newest country, is estimated at 2.9% and in Nimule, a town at the border with Uganda, it is estimated at 7.5%. However, there is limited data describing the HIV epidemic among female sex workers and sexually exploited adolescents (FSW/SEA) in the country. This study was conducted using a respondent-driven sampling (RDS) among FSW/SEA aged ≥15 years in January-February 2017 who sold or exchanged sex in the last six months in Nimule. Consenting participants were administered a questionnaire and tested for HIV according to the national algorithm. Syphilis testing was conducted using SD BIOLINE Syphilis 3.0 and Rapid Plasma Reagin for confirmation. Data were analyzed in SAS and RDS-Analyst and weighted results are presented. The 409 FSW/SEA participants with a median age of 28 years (IQR 23–35) and a median age of 23 years (IQR 18–28) when they entered the world of sex work, were enrolled in the Eagle survey. Nearly all (99.2%) FSW/SEA lacked comprehensive knowledge of HIV though almost half (48.5%) talked to a peer educator or outreach worker about HIV in the last 30 days. More than half (55.3%) were previously tested for HIV. Only 46.4% used a condom during their last vaginal or anal sexual act with a client. One in five (19.8%) FSW/SEA experienced a condom breaking during vaginal or anal sex in the last six months HIV prevalence was 24.0% (95% CI: 19.4–28.5) and 9.2% (95% CI: 6.5–11.9) had active syphilis. The multivariable analysis revealed the association between HIV and active syphilis (aOR: 6.99, 95% CI: 2.23–21.89). HIV and syphilis prevalence were higher among FSW/SEA in Nimule than the general population in the country and Nimule. Specifically, the HIV prevalence was eight times higher than the general population. Our findings underscore the importance of providing HIV and syphilis testing for FSW/SEA in conjunction with comprehensive combination prevention, including comprehensive HIV information, promotion of condom use, and availing treatment services for both HIV and syphilis.
Publisher
Public Library of Science,Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subject
/ Adult
/ Age
/ Alcohol
/ Anal sex
/ Analysis
/ Condoms
/ Ethics
/ Female
/ Females
/ HIV
/ HIV Infections - epidemiology
/ HIV Infections - prevention & control
/ Human immunodeficiency virus
/ Humans
/ Kenya
/ Medicine and Health Sciences
/ Peers
/ Reagin
/ Seeds
/ Sexually transmitted diseases
/ Socially handicapped teenagers
/ STD
/ Surveys
/ Syphilis
/ Uganda
/ Vagina
/ Workers
/ Youth
