Federal government websites often end in. The site is secure. Preview improvements coming to the PMC website in October Learn More or Try it out now. Female sex workers are one of the high-risk groups for contracting HIV. A cross-sectional study was conducted from April June 25, , in Dire Dawa among female sex workers using convenient sampling method.
Respondents were interviewed face-to-face using a pretested questionnaire. Training was provided to the data collectors and supervisors. Close supervision was done and double data entry was performed. Then the data were checked for completeness, consistency and entered into Epi Info v3. The descriptive statistical analysis was used to compute frequency, mean, mode and proportion of the findings of this study. The results were presented using tables, charts, graphs, and texts.
Among the female sex workers FSWs , 99 Only, 17 Less than two-thirds One hundred thirty-eight Majority of FSWs Regarding risk perception, 79 However, a high number of unsafe sex and unsatisfactory risk perception attitudes were observed. Thus, a collaborative effort is needed to create awareness regarding risk perception attitude and increase the level of their practice towards the prevention of unsafe sex.
At the end of , there were approximately Likewise, in , there were Sub-Saharan Africa has been the most seriously HIV stricken region, accounting for seventy-one percent of all new infections in adults and children globally [ 2 , 6 , 7 ]. Sex workers and their clients, men who have sex with men, people who inject drugs, people in prisons and other closed settings, and transgender people are key populations that are at increased risk of HIV irrespective of epidemic type or local context.
This key populations often have legal and social issues related to their behavior that increase vulnerability to HIV and reduce access to testing and treatment programmes. Furthermore, it is recognized that HIV seroprevalence is considerably above this level amongst female sex workers and mobile populations [ 9 ]. Female sex workers are the highly vulnerable groups that are at high risk of contributing to sexually transmitted diseases [ 10 , 11 ].
