Community needs assessment of key populations-at-risk of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria's capital territory
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Introduction (aim) Nigeria currently has one of the highest HIV and AIDS epidemic burden worldwide. Prevalence among key populations is currently, 34.1% (brothel-based sex workers), 21.95 (non-brothel-based), 37.6% (MSMs) and 9.3% for IDUs respectively. A huge gaps exists in the national response to key populations as a result of socio-cultural barriers and unfavorable political and legislative environment. This has become accentuated by the recently enacted anti-gay law. The Federal Capital Administration in collaboration with UNDP and UNFPA in 2013 commissioned a study on key populations in the Capital territory to identify services available to them, the gaps and opportunities for scaling up municipal responses for MSMs, FSWs and IDUs.
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دوره 14 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014