HIV infection and sexually transmitted infections among men who have sex with men in Senegal

2005228 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Abdoulaye Wade · Comité National de Lutte contre le SIDA

Coumba Touré Kane · Hôpital Aristide Le Dantec

Pape Amadou Niang Diallo · Hôpital Aristide Le Dantec

Abdou Khoudia Diop · Comité National de Lutte contre le SIDA

Khady Gueye · Comité National de Lutte contre le SIDA

Souleymane Mboup · Hôpital Aristide Le Dantec

Ibrahima Ndoye

Abstract

Men who have sex with men in Senegal are highly infected with HIV and other STI. Intervention programs targeting this population are urgently needed, given their particular vulnerability and because infections are likely to disseminate into the general population given the high proportion of bisexual activity in this community.

Topics & Keywords

HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: AIDS

Volume 19, Issue 18, pp. 2133-2140

DOI: 10.1097/01.aids.0000194128.97640.07

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