RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 P3.402 Effect of a Tailored Intervention Package on HIV-1 Acquisition Among Young Female Sex Workers in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
JF Sexually Transmitted Infections
JO Sex Transm Infect
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP A275
OP A275
DO 10.1136/sextrans-2013-051184.0855
VO 89
IS Suppl 1
A1 I T Traore
A1 M N Hema
A1 N Meda
A1 I Konate
A1 F Some
A1 W Bazie
A1 P Mayaud
A1 P Van De Perre
A1 N Nagot
YR 2013
UL http://sti.bmj.com/content/89/Suppl_1/A275.1.abstract
AB Background Female Sex Workers (FSWs) represent a major core group of HIV transmission in West Africa, but little data is available on the impact of tailored intervention packages on HIV-1 incidence in this population. Method HIV-seronegative young women aged 18–25 years, living in Ouagadougou, reporting at least 3 sexual contacts per week and 3 different sexual partners during the last 3 months, and not pregnant were enrolled in a prospective cohort. At each 3-months follow-up visit for a minimum period of 12 months, data on sexual behaviour, HIV-1 and HSV-2 serologies and pregnancy testing were collected. The intervention used a tailored prevention-and-care integrated approach, with repeated peer-led HIV/STI education sessions, condoms provision, and medical care. HIV incidence was compared with an expected incidence based on baseline data among FSW and data from the national 2010 DHS. In Ouagadougou, 2.5% (95% CI: 1.5–3.4) of women and 3.4% (95% CI: 1.3–5.5) of FSW clients were HIV-1 infected. Results At screening, HIV prevalence among eligible women was 9% (55/638), and 321 women were enrolled. The median weekly number of sexual partners (clients and regular partners) was 3 (IQR: 2–5). During follow-up, 86% of participants completed 12-months follow-up and no woman seroconverted for HIV-1 (0/405 person-years, 95% CI: 0–0.03). The mean number of regular partners decreased during the intervention (from 2 to 1, p < 0.001). Adjusted consistent condom use remained consistently very high with clients between 97% and 99%), and did not increase with regular partners (from 64 to 62%). The incidence of HSV-2 was 11/100 person-years (95% CI: 7–15), and the pregnancy rate was 28/100 person-years (95% CI: 23–32). The expected HIV-1 incidence in this group was 1.23/100 person-years (95% CI: 1.02–1.46). Conclusion Through an impact on the number of regular partners, this tailored intervention package markedly reduced HIV incidence to virtual elimination.