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Sexually Transmitted Disease
Research from University of Manitoba in sexually transmitted disease provides new insights
October 28th, 2008
In this recent report published in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections, researchers in Winnipeg, Canada conducted a study "To describe the concepts, strategies and field results of a project to scale up prevention programmes and services for female sex workers (FSWs) in Karnataka, India. A strategy was developed to scale up urban sex worker interventions in 18 districts in the southern Indian state of Karnataka." "Macro-level coverage objectives were defined by mapping the urban locations where FSWs operate and estimating their population size. Prevention programmes were initiated in the urban locations that contained at least 90% of the estimated urban...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-10-28)
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