Country | Author, year [citation] | Year(s) of data collection | City/province | Study site | Sampling | Population | Sample size | HIV prevalence* | |
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% | 95% CI | ||||||||
Afghanistan | Todd, 2010 [83] | 2006–2008 | Jalalabad, Kabul, and Mazar-i-Sharif | Community and NGO | Conv | FSWs | 520 | 0.2 | 0.01–1.1 |
Djibouti | Rodier, 1993 [84] | 1987 | Djibouti | STI clinic | Conv | Street-based FSWs | 66 | 4.6 | NR |
Rodier, 1993 [84] | 1987 | Djibouti | STI clinic | Conv | Bar hostesses | 221 | 1.4 | NR | |
Constantine, 1992 [52] | 1988 | Djibouti | NR | Conv | FSWs | 33 | 18.2 | NR | |
Rodier, 1993 [84] | 1988 | Djibouti | STI clinic | Conv | Street-based FSWs | 78 | 9.0 | NR | |
Rodier, 1993 [84] | 1988 | Djibouti | STI clinic | Conv | Bar hostesses | 255 | 2.7 | NR | |
Rodier, 1993 [84] | 1990 | Djibouti | STI clinic | Conv | Street-based FSWs | 116 | 41.7 | NR | |
Rodier, 1993 [84] | 1990 | Djibouti | STI clinic | Conv | Bar hostesses | 180 | 5.0 | NR | |
Couzineau, 1991 [85] | 1991 | Djibouti | STI clinic | Conv | Street-based FSWs | 300 | 43 | NR | |
Couzineau, 1991 [85] | 1991 | Djibouti | STI clinic | Conv | Bar girls | 397 | 13.1 | NR | |
Rodier, 1993 [84] | 1991 | Djibouti | STI clinic and residences | Conv | Street-based FSWs | 292 | 36.0 | NR | |
Rodier, 1993 [84] | 1991 | Djibouti | STI clinic and residences | Conv | Bar hostesses | 360 | 15.3 | NR | |
Philippon, 1997 [86] | 1995 | Djibouti | STI clinic | Conv | Street-based FSWs | 176 | 49 | NR | |
Marcelin, 2002 [87] | 1998–1999 | Djibouti | STI clinics | Conv | Street-based FSWs | 43 | 70 | NR | |
Marcelin, 2002 [87] | 1998–1999 | Djibouti | STI clinics | Conv | FSWs working in luxury bars | 123 | 7 | NR | |
Egypt | Sheba, 1988 [88] | 1986–1987 | Multiple cities | NR | Conv | FSWs | 87 | 0 | NR |
Watts, 1993 [89] | 1986–1990 | Urban areas | Medical facilities | Conv | FSWs | 349 | 0 | NR | |
Kabbash, 2012 [90] | 2009–2010 | Greater Cairo | Community | Conv | FSWs | 431 | 0 | NR | |
Iran | Jahani, 2005 [91] | 2002 | NR | Detainment center/prison | Conv | FSWs detained by the police | 149 | 0 | NR |
Kassaian, 2012 [92] | 2009–2010 | Isfahan | Prison, drop-in centers, and community | Conv | FSWs | 91 | 0 | NR | |
Taghizadeh, 2015 [93] | 2014 | Sari, Mazandaran | Drop-in center | Conv | FSWs at a drop-in center | 184 | 4 | NR | |
Asadi-Ali, 2018 [94] | 2015 | Northern Iran | Counseling center, drop-in center, and community | Conv | FSWs | 133 | 1.5 | NR | |
Lebanon | Naman, 1989 [95] | 1985–1987 | NR | NR | Conv | FSWs | 291 | 0.3 | NR |
Morocco | MOH, 2008 [96] | 2007 | Agadir, Rabat/Sale, Tanger | NGO clinic | Conv | FSWs presenting for consultation | 141 | 1.4 | 0.1–2.5 |
Pakistan | Iqbal, 1996 [97] | 1987–1994 | Lahore | Hospital | Conv | FSWs | 21 | 0 | NR |
Baqi, 1998 [98] | 1993–1994 | Karachi | VCT | Conv | FSWs in red-light district | 77 | 0 | NR | |
Anwar, 1998 [99] | NR | Lahore | NR | NR | FSWs | 103 | 1.9 | NR | |
Bokhari, 2007 [68] | 2004 | Karachi | Community | Snowball | FSWs in red-light district | 421 | 0 | NR | |
Shah, 2004 [100] | 2004 | Hyderabad | Community | Conv | FSWs | 157 | 0 | NR | |
Shah, 2004 [101] | 2004 | Sindh | Sentinel surveillance | Conv | FSWs | 163 | 1.2 | NR | |
Akhtar, 2008 [102] | 2007 | Faisalabad | Community | NR | FSWs | 246 | 0 | NR | |
Raza, 2015 [103] | 2014 | Rawalpindi | Clinics | Conv | FSWs | NR | 0 | NR | |
Somalia | Jama, 1987 [104] | 1985–1986 | Mogadishu | Camp | Conv | FSWs attending health education program | 85 | 0 | NR |
Burans, 1990 [105] | NR | Mogadishu | NR | Conv | FSWs | 89 | 0 | NR | |
Scott, 1991 [106] | 1989 | Merka, Kismayu | NR | Conv | FSWs | 57 | 0 | NR | |
Corwin, 1991 [107] | 1990 | Chismayu, Merca, Mogadishu | NR | Conv | FSWs | 302 | 3 | NR | |
Jama Ahmed, 1991 [51] | 1991 | Mogadishu | PHC | Conv | FSWs | 155 | 0.6 | NR | |
Sudan | Burans, 1990 [108] | 1987 | Port Sudan | NR | Conv | FSWs | 203 | 0 | NR |
McCarthy, 1995 [109] | NR | Juba, South Sudan | NR | Conv | FSWs | 50 | 16 | NR | |
Tunisia | Bchir, 1988 [110] | 1987 | Sousse | NR | Conv | FSWs | 42 | 0 | NR |
Hassen, 2003 [111] | NR | Sousse | PHC | Conv | Legal FSWs | 51 | 0 | NR | |
Znazen, 2010 [112] | 2007 | Tunis, Sousse, and Gabes | Medical facilities | Conv | Legal FSWs undergoing routine testing | 183 | 0 | NR |