Engagement in the HIV Care Continuum among Female Sex Workers in Two West
African Countries
Sheree Schwartz, Erin Papworth, Odette Ky-Zerbo, Gautier Ouedraogo, Cesaire Samadoulougou, Andrea Wirtz, Aoua Kone, Halidou Banse, Marcel Louge, Seni
Kouanda, Stefan Baral
UNAIDS, AIDSinfo
Objective
Describe engagement in the HIV care continuum among FSW in Burkina Faso and Togo
Results:• 1380 FSW
enrolled• Crude HIV
prevalence19.9%
Methods: FSW recruited using respondent driven sampling across 4 sites in Burkina Faso (Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso) and Togo (Kara and Lomé) from Jan-Jul 2013
Results:Predictors of reporting awareness of HIV infection status in multivariate model: • Older age, Less formal education, Married/cohabitating,
Engaged in sex work for >2 years
Conclusions:• HIV diagnosis constitutes the greatest gap • Among FSW reportedly aware that they were living with
HIV, the majority were on ART…but still ~32% • Younger, single FSW recently entering sex work were
most likely to be unaware of their HIV status• Interventions to increase frequency of voluntary HCT are
needed to prevent and treat infections among FSW