Data · dataset · 2009
HIV, STIs and risk behaviour in Dili, East Timor, 2003
Listed in Harvard Dataverse and LSHTM Data Compass — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.7910/dvn/w5zhie
Description
Background
East Timor is a newly independent, poor nation with many internally displaced people and foreign peace keeping forces. Similarities with Cambodia, which now has Asia’s worst HIV epidemic, caused donors to earmark money for HIV prevention in East Timor, but no data were available to plan appropriate programmes. Objectives: To determine levels of infection with HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and associated risk behaviours in Dili, East Timor, in order to guide resource allocation and appropriate prevention and care strategies.
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Methods
In mid-2003, a cross sectional survey of female sex workers, men who have sex with men (MSM), taxi drivers, and soldiers was conducted. Participants provided biological specimens and all answered structured questionnaires. Results: HIV prevalen ce was 3% among female sex workers (3/100), 0.9% among MSM (1/110), and zero in the other groups.
All the HIV infected sex workers reported sex with foreign clients. Partner turnover reported by all groups was among the lowest in Asia, so was condom use. Access to basic HIV prevention services, including condoms and STI services, was extremely low in all groups.
Conclusions: A few sex workers are infected with HIV in East Timor, but the virus is not circulating widely among their clients, and sexual networking is limited. The risk of a generalised HIV epidemic in East Timor is minimal. HIV can be contained by the provision of basic services to the small minority of the population at highest risk, preserving resources for other health and development needs.
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Where it is published
- Dataverse dataset page dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi%3A10.7910%2FDVN%2FW5ZHIE ↗
landing page · from Harvard Dataverse
- DOI doi.org/10.7910/dvn/w5zhie ↗
DOI / persistent id · from Harvard Dataverse
Catalogue records · 2
- Dataverse API dataverse.harvard.edu/api/datasets/:persistentId/?persistentId=doi%3A10.7910%2FDVN%2… ↗
metadata API · from Harvard Dataverse
- OAI-PMH record datacompass.lshtm.ac.uk/cgi/oai2?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_dc&identifier=oai%3… ↗
metadata API · from lshtm ac uk
Topics
- From keywords
- Earth & Environmental Science · Humanities · Life Sciences · Medicine & Health · Social Science
Provenance · 2 source records, 11 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard Dataverse | doi:10.7910/DVN/W5ZHIE | 14 d ago | JSON v1 |
| LSHTM Data Compass | oai:datacompass.lshtm.ac.uk:677 | 12 d ago | JSON v1 |
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| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · lshtm ac uk | connector:lshtm_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:humanities | mapping · lshtm ac uk | connector:lshtm_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:life-sciences | mapping · lshtm ac uk | connector:lshtm_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:medicine-health | mapping · lshtm ac uk | connector:lshtm_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · lshtm ac uk | connector:lshtm_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · Harvard Dataverse | connector:dataverse@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · Harvard Dataverse | connector:dataverse@1.0.0 | /description |
| publication_date | source · Harvard Dataverse | connector:dataverse@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · Harvard Dataverse | connector:dataverse@1.0.0 | /name |
| updated_date | source · Harvard Dataverse | connector:dataverse@1.0.0 | |
| version_label | source · Harvard Dataverse | connector:dataverse@1.0.0 |