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Declines in risk behaviour and sexually transmitted infection prevalence following a community-led HIV preventive intervention among female sex workers in Mysore, India

Sushena Reza‐Paul, Tara Beattie, Hafeez Ur Rahman Syed, Koppal T Venukumar, Mysore S Venugopal, Mary P Fathima, H .G. Raghavendra, Akram Pasha, Manjula Ramaiah, M Lakshmi,

AIDS · 2008 · 196 citations · 42 references

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This comprehensive HIV preventive intervention empowering FSW has resulted in striking increases in reported condom use and a concomitant reduction in the prevalence of curable STI. This model should be replicated in similar urban settings across India.

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