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| Sarah HawkesSummaryAffiliation: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Country: UK Publications
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Reproductive tract infections: prevalence and risk factors in rural BangladeshSarah Hawkes
Public Health Sciences Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Bull World Health Organ 80:180-8. 2002..To determine the prevalence of and risk factors for reproductive tract infections among men and women in a rural community in Bangladesh...
Men's sexual health matters: promoting reproductive health in an international contextS Hawkes
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
Trop Med Int Health 5:A37-44. 2000....
HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among men, transgenders and women selling sex in two cities in Pakistan: a cross-sectional prevalence surveyS Hawkes
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK
Sex Transm Infect 85:ii8-16. 2009..A survey was conducted among men, women and transgender populations selling sex in Rawalpindi (Punjab) and Abbottabad (North West Frontier Province) in order to inform evidence-based programme planning...
Antenatal syphilis control: people, programmes, policies and politicsSarah Hawkes
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Clinical Research Unit, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, England
Bull World Health Organ 82:417-23. 2004..Devising strategies to address these potential barriers requires a broad range of skills and approaches some of which are outlined in this paper...
Multiple risks among male and transgender sex workers in PakistanMartine Collumbien
Centre for Population Studies, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
J LGBT Health Res 4:71-9. 2008..We highlight the need for integrated approaches to risk reduction programs among MTSW and IDUs...
Sexually transmitted infections prevalence rates in slum communities of Dhaka, BangladeshK M Sabin
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Int J STD AIDS 14:614-21. 2003..The prevalence rate of hepatitis B carriage suggests that this population would benefit from universal vaccination against hepatitis B...
The elimination of congenital syphilis: a comparison of the proposed World Health Organization action plan for the elimination of congenital syphilis with existing national maternal and congenital syphilis policiesMazeda Hossain
Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
Sex Transm Dis 34:S22-30. 2007....
Protecting the unprotected: mixed-method research on drug use, sex work and rights in Pakistan's fight against HIV/AIDSS Mayhew
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 49 51 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DP, UK
Sex Transm Infect 85:ii31-6. 2009....
Prevalence of HIV, HCV and sexually transmitted infections among injecting drug users in Rawalpindi and Abbottabad, Pakistan: evidence for an emerging injection-related HIV epidemicL Platt
Centre for Research on Drugs and Health Behaviour, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK
Sex Transm Infect 85:ii17-22. 2009..To measure the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV), HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STI) among injecting drug users (IDUs) in Rawalpindi and Abbottabad and to examine risk factors associated with HIV and HCV...
Modelling the transmission of HIV and HCV among injecting drug users in Rawalpindi, a low HCV prevalence setting in PakistanP Vickerman
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK
Sex Transm Infect 85:ii23-30. 2009..This analysis uses modelling to explore hypotheses for the low prevalence of HCV to project the future HIV/HCV epidemic and to estimate the impact of a generic intervention...
Reproductive-tract infections in women in low-income, low-prevalence situations: assessment of syndromic management in Matlab, BangladeshS Hawkes
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, and Centre for Health and Population Research, Bangladesh
Lancet 354:1776-81. 1999..This intervention was initially developed in areas where prevalence of such infections is high. We investigated the clinical effectiveness and cost of this approach among a group of women with a low prevalence of infection...
Diverse realities: sexually transmitted infections and HIV in IndiaS Hawkes
Clinical Research Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
Sex Transm Infect 78:i31-9. 2002..Vast numbers of people in India are severely disadvantaged in terms of income, education, power structures, and gender. Addressing these basic issues of human rights lies at the core of achieving better health outcomes...
An overview of the global epidemiology of HIV/AIDSH A Weiss
MRC Tropical Epidemiology Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
Lepr Rev 72:92-8. 2001....
Knowledge on, and attitude toward, HIV/AIDS among staff of an international organization in BangladeshMohammad Tajul Islam
United Nations Children s Fund, Dhaka, Bangladesh
J Health Popul Nutr 20:271-8. 2002..Therefore, preventive strategy for the staff should be directed toward behaviour change communication...
The need and plan for global elimination of congenital syphilisGeorge P Schmid
Department of HIV AIDS, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
Sex Transm Dis 34:S5-10. 2007..The newly proposed World Health Organization Strategy for the Global Elimination of Congenital Syphilis aims to mobilize resources and provide a plan to address this under-recognized health problem...
Global control of sexually transmitted infectionsNicola Low
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Lancet 368:2001-16. 2006..We must not allow stigma, prejudice, and moral opposition to obstruct the goals of infectious disease control...
Sexually transmitted infections in men in Mumbai slum communities: the relationship of prevalence to risk behaviorStephen L Schensul
University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut 06030, USA
Sex Transm Dis 34:444-50. 2007..The objectives of this study were to identify sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevalence, assess behavioral and symptom correlates, and develop intervention strategies...
The Lancet's neonatal survival seriesGeorge Schmid
Lancet 365:1845. 2005
