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Engaging female sex workers in their health care through stakeholder mapping and participatory analysis in Buenos Aires, Argentina
(2024-04) Esandi, Maria Eugenia; Walmsley, Sharon; Zalazar, Virginia; Panizoni, Estefania; Serrao, Camila; Acuña, Rodrigo; Frontini, Emilia; Zeltman, Ana Clara; Trejo, Maria Celia; Cardozo, Nadir; Romero, Marcelo; Orellano, Georgina; Ortiz, Zulma; Loutfy, Mona; Duran, Adriana; Cahn, Pedro; Aristegui, Ines; Fink, Valeria; MAS por Nosotras Study Group
Cis and trans female sex workers (FSW) face marginalization and struggle to access sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) services. The COVID-19 pandemic worsened these disparities.
January-April 2023, we conducted stakeholder mapping (SM) with SRHR policies and programs decision-makers, implementers and users in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This strategy aims to identify, classify and categorize stakeholders based on the power and agreement level of SRHR policies and plans implemented during the pandemic. A qualitative study was conducted through focus groups with FSW and interviews with healthcare providers analyzed with the DEPICT model (methodology for collaborative data interpretation with the community) to investigate facilitators and barriers from their perspectives.
Considering the challenges in identifying the appropriate stakeholders, this approach became crucial. The landscape is dynamic, influenced by the sociopolitical context, and recent shifts in government. Following SM, we categorized 147 stakeholders Supporters (68%) and promoters (16%) outnumbered blockers (10%), observers (3%) and neutral (3%) in implementing new policies aimed at SRHR services for FSW. The qualitative interviews revealed barriers including the pervasive impact of intersectional stigma and discrimination, violence, failures in intersectoral articulation and coordination, and difficulties in scheduling of appointments for SRHR services. Facilitators identified improvements in transgender healthcare services in the last decade and the emergence of community assets as pivotal, particularly during the pandemic.
SM was invaluable for identifying and characterizing the priorities of key stakeholders for designing policies affecting SRHR services. The inclusion of community perspective, while challenging, enriched our understanding of barriers and facilitators while empowering the community to express their needs. Despite structural barriers and challenges posed by the pandemic, community organizations have displayed resilience, emerging as a vital support system for FSW. We highlight the importance of collaborative efforts and comprehensive approaches in addressing the unique needs of FSW in Argentina and similar contexts.
High Willingness to Use HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Among Transgender Women in Argentina
(2016-12-01) Zalazar, Virginia; Aristegui, Ines; Kerr, Thomas; Marshall, Brandon D L; Romero, Marcela; Sued, Omar; Socias, Maria E.
Fil: Sued O. Fundación Huésped, Buenos Aires; Argentina
HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment in the Region of the Americas: achievements, challenges and perspectives
(2016-12) Pérez, Freddy; Ravasi, Giovanni; Figueroa J, Peter; Grinsztejn, Beatriz; Kamb, Mary; Sued, Omar; Ghidinelli, Massimo
The world has pledged within the Sustainable Development Goals to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030. In Latin America and the Caribbean in 2015 approximately 2.0 million people were living with HIV and an estimated 100 000 new infections occurred. Yet, significant progress has been made in the Region of the Americas over the past ten years in expanding access and coverage of HIV care and treatment and in achieving elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis (1, 2). Regarding HIV prevention, and HIV stigma and discrimination new regional elimination targets have also been developed and endorsed (3). However, challenges still persist; among them, a 3% increase in the rate of new HIV infections in the Region between 2010 and 2015 (4). This special issue on HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment in the Region of the Americas: achievements, challenges and perspectives provides an opportunity to present the current response to HIV/AIDS in the Region with a focus on three main areas: HIV prevention, HIV care and treatment, and the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and congenital syphilis. A call for papers was issued in early 2016, and 12 articles were selected for publication—nine original research papers, one brief communication, one review, and one opinion and analysis article. The papers represent seven different countries as well as an overview of the Caribbean sub-region. A successful HIV prevention program requires a combination of structural, biomedical, and behavioral interventions that are mutually reinforcing, continually evaluated, and tailored to the needs and risks of specific key populations and others who are vulnerable to infection. Previous reports have shown the importance of combination prevention strategies (5). The special issue addresses this by focusing on HIV prevention strategies available for men who have sex with men in the United States (6), as well as the social vulnerability of transgender persons (7). Both papers highlight the need for tailored interventions that take into account local epidemiological contexts.
Impact of reverse transcriptase resistance on the efficacy of TMC125 (etravirine) with two nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors in protease inhibitor-naïve, nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor-experienced patients: study TMC125-C227†
(2008-11-27) Ruxrungtham, K; Pedro, RJ; Latiff, GH; Conradie, F; Domingo, P; Lupo, S; Pumpradit, W; Vingerhoets, JH; Peeters, M; Peeters, I; Kakuda, TN; De Smedt, G; Woodfall, B; on behalf of the TMC125-C227 study group
HIV-NAT, Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Center and Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailan
Prevalence of cryptococcal infection among advanced HIV patients in Argentina using lateral flow immunoassay
(2017-06-15) Frola, Claudia; Guelfand, Liliana; Blugerman, Gabriela; Szyld, Edgardo; Kaufman, Sara; Cahn, Pedro; Sued, Omar; Pérez, Héctor
Background
Globally, Latin America ranks third among regions with most cases of AIDS related cryptococcal meningitis. In 2009, a lateral flow immunoassay (LFA) for the detection of cryptococcal antigen (CrAg) was developed as a potential point-of-care test for diagnosis of cryptococcal infection. In 2011 World Health Organizations recommended on CrAg screening for HIV positive persons with CD4 below 100 cells/μL, followed by preemptive fluconazole treatment. However, in Argentina no formal recommendations for CrAg screening have been issued.
Methods
HIV positive patients > = 18 years with advanced immunosuppression (CD4 counts ≤100 cells/μL within 3 months or WHO stage III/IV), who visited the hospital between April 1, 2014 and January 31, 2015, were included. The LFA was performed according to the manufacturer’s instructions on all serum samples. When CrAg detection was positive, a lumbar puncture was performed to rule out cryptococcal meningitis. Patients without evidence of meningeal involvement were treated with preemptive oral fluconazole in ambulatory care.
Results
We included 123 patients. Prevalence of CrAg-positivity was 8.1%. Among the 10 CrAg-positive patients, 6 had meningeal involvement detected through the CSF analysis (CSF India-ink testing, CSF CrAg and culture). The remaining 4 patients with positive CrAg received targeted preemptive treatment with oral fluconazole and were free of cryptococcal disease during the follow-up period. None of the 113 patients with a negative CrAg test result developed cryptococcal disease.
Conclusions
This is the first study in Argentina, to our knowledge, describing the prevalence of cryptococcosis and usefulness of CrAg screening. LFA provided early diagnosis to determine a high prevalence of CrAg in our hospital, and that screening for subclinical infection with preemptive antifungal treatment, prevented a substantial proportion of meningeal disease.
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