Engagement in the HIV care cascade and barriers to antiretroviral therapy uptake among female sex workers in Port Elizabeth, South Africa: findings from a respondent-driven sampling study

Sheree Schwartz; Andrew Lambert; Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya; Zamakayise Kose; Mfezi Mcingana; Claire Holland; Sosthenes Ketende; Clarence Yah; Stephanie Sweitzer; Harry Hausler; Stefan Baral

doi:10.1136/sextrans-2016-052773

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Engagement in the HIV care cascade and barriers to antiretroviral therapy uptake among female sex workers in Port Elizabeth, South Africa: findings from a respondent-driven sampling study

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Sheree Schwartz Department of Epidemiology, Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Andrew Lambert The TB/HIV Care Association, Cape Town, South Africa PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya The Human Sciences Research Council, Port Elizabeth, South Africa Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Zamakayise Kose The Human Sciences Research Council, Port Elizabeth, South Africa PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Mfezi Mcingana The TB/HIV Care Association, Port Elizabeth, South Africa PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Claire Holland Department of Epidemiology, Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Sosthenes Ketende Department of Epidemiology, Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Clarence Yah The Human Sciences Research Council, Port Elizabeth, South Africa PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Stephanie Sweitzer Department of Epidemiology, Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Harry Hausler The TB/HIV Care Association, Cape Town, South Africa PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Stefan Baral Department of Epidemiology, Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Sheree Schwartz, Department of Epidemiology, Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, E7139, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; sschwartz{at}jhu.edu

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Schwartz S, Lambert A, Phaswana-Mafuya N, et al

Engagement in the HIV care cascade and barriers to antiretroviral therapy uptake among female sex workers in Port Elizabeth, South Africa: findings from a respondent-driven sampling study

Sexually Transmitted Infections 2017;93:290-296.

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Received June 21, 2016
Revised October 18, 2016
Accepted November 5, 2016
First published November 25, 2016.

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June 02, 2017

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