Ranjit, Yerina S. and Gibson, Britton A. and Altice, Frederick L. and Kamarulzaman, Adeeba and Azwa, Iskandar and Wickersham, Jeffrey A. (2023) HIV care continuum among cisgender and transgender women sex workers in Greater Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Aids Care-Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of Aids/Hiv, 35 (6). pp. 784-790. ISSN 0954-0121, DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2021.1995839.
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An estimated 37,000 cisgender and transgender women work as sex workers in Malaysia, a population that has been disproportionately affected by the HIV epidemic. Although Malaysia provides no-cost antiretroviral therapy (ART) to people with HIV, little is known about sex workers' engagement in the HIV care continuum. We analyzed data from 57 HIV-infected cisgender women (n = 33) and transgender women (n = 24) sex workers from a respondent-driven sampling study on HIV prevalence among sex workers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. We examined the proportion of women who were newly diagnosed with HIV, had a baseline CD-4 count test, were initiated and retained on antiretroviral treatment (ART). Overall, only 26.3% had ever been HIV tested and almost 60% were newly diagnosed. Only a small proportion of cisgender (15.2%) and transgender (12.5%) women were currently taking ART. Interventions to enhance sex workers' engagement in the HIV care continuum are urgently needed. Deployment of evidence-based strategies to improve linkage and retention in HIV care should be adapted to address the unique needs of this important key population.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | National Institute on Drug Abuse for Career Development [Grant No: K01 DA038529 ; K24 DA017072], University Malaya High Impact Research Grant [Grant No: E-00000120001] |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Cisgender sex workers; HIV care continuum; Malaysia; Transgender sex workers |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
| Divisions: | Centre of Excellence for Research in AIDS (CERiA) |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Nov 2025 06:37 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Nov 2025 06:37 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/49560 |
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