Journal
AIDS AND BEHAVIOR
Volume 20, Issue 2, Pages 395-404Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-015-1156-1
Keywords
Female sex partners; Male injection drug users; HIV/AIDS; Concentrated epidemic
Funding
- President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through the USAID , Health Policy Initiative Vietnam [GPO-I-00-05-00026-00]
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Injection drug use is a major factor in acquiring and transmitting HIV in Vietnam. This analysis aims to present estimates of HIV infection and factors associated with HIV infection among female sex partners (FSP) of MWID in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam. Cross-sectional surveys were conducted in 2011 and 2013 among males who inject drugs (MWID) who then referred their FSP for a behavioral and biologic survey. In total, 445 MWID and FSPs were enrolled. HIV prevalence among MWID was 50 and 35 % among FSPs. Among FSPs, 60.3 % reported ever using illegal drugs and among those, 72.7 % reported ever injecting illicit drugs. Among FSP, injection drug for > 1 year [adjusted Odds Ratio (aOR), 95 % CI 2.94, 1.19-7.26), p value = < 0.001] and having a male partner infected with HIV [(aOR 3.35: 1.97-5.69), p value = < 0.001] were associated with HIV infection. The prevalence of HIV infection is high among FSP of MWID in HCMC and is highly associated with the injection drug use behavior of the FSP. Harm-reduction intervention programs that focus on the MWID-FSP couple or directly on the FSPs are required.
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