S04.5 ART Among FSW in India

Barriers to ART adherence & follow ups among patients attending ART centres in Maharashtra, India

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Adherence to ART is a patient specific issue influenced by a variety of situations that a patient may encounter, especially in resource-limited settings. A study was conducted to understand factors and influencers of adherence to ART and their follow ups among patients attending ART centres in Maharashtra, India. METHODS Between January and March 2009, barriers to ART ...

Factors associated with history of drug use among female sex workers (FSW) in a high HIV prevalence state of India

BACKGROUND The intersection between illicit drug use and female commercial sex work has been identified as an important factor responsible for rising HIV prevalence among female sex workers (FSW) in several northeastern states of India. But, little is know about the factors associated with the use of drugs among FSWs in this region. The objective of the paper was to describe the factors associa...

Art and Cosmology in India

The three notions that underlie Indian culture are that of bandhu, paradox, and yajña. Bandhu is the binding between the outer and the inner that makes it possible to know, and this is the basis of the pervasive spirituality in India; paradox is the recognition that the bandhu must lie outside of rational system, leading to the distinction between the “higher” science of consciousness and the “...

Reducing Fracture Tendencies in PCBN FSW Tools

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Title: Factors associated with history of drug use among female sex workers (FSW) in a high HIV prevalence state of India