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  FULL-TEXT DOCUMENT
 Sex Work, HIV/AIDS and Human Rights in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia,
Central and Eastern European Harm Reduction Network 
December 12, 2005
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Belarus
           
    Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  Modes of sexual behaviour of sex workers in the Republic of Belarus
N Zhirkevich
 (15IAC)
 Abstract

Bulgaria
 
     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  Albena project: one different approach to HIV prevention among sex workers in Bulgaria
V Kandzhikova, E Kabakchieva, Y van der Steen, et al
 (15IAC)
 Abstract
Estonia
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Sex Work in Tallinn, Estonia: The Socio-spatial Penetration of Sex Work into Society.
Aral SO, St Lawrence JS, Uuskula A   .
Sex Transm Infect. 2006 Jun 28;
 Abstract
 
    Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  Remarkable Variation in the Socio-Spatial Organization of Sex Work and Its Implications for
STD/HIV Spread
SS Aral, A Uusküla, R Dyatlov
(134 APHA)
 Abstract
Lithuania
           
    Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  Cooperation in providing the low-threshold social and medical services for sex workers and
victims of human trafficking
R Krupenkaite, S Caplinskas
 (15IAC)
 Abstract
 
STI and HIV prevalence in Vilnius sex workers
R Jarasuniene, S Kulsis, S Caplinskas
 (15IAC)
 Abstract
Russia
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Effects of Sex Work on Syphilis Rates Among Injection Drug Users in 3 Russian Cities.
Platt L, Rhodes T, Judd A, Koshkina E, et al
Am J Public Health. 2006 Oct 3;
Abstract
 
Impact of Gender and Sex Work on Sexual and Injecting Risk Behaviors and Their
Association With HIV Positivity Among Injecting Drug Users in an HIV Epidemic in
Togliatti City, Russian Federation.
Platt L, Rhodes T, Lowndes CM, et al
Sex Transm Dis. 2005 Oct;32(10):605-612.
 Abstract
 
Sex work, drug use, HIV infection, and spread of sexually transmitted infections i
n Moscow, Russian Federation.
Shakarishvili A, Dubovskaya L, Zohrabyan L, et al  
 Lancet. 2005 Jul;366(9479):57-60.
 Abstract
 
Commercial sex work, drug use, and sexually transmitted infections in St.
Petersburg, Russia.
Aral SO, St Lawrence JS, Dyatlov R, Kozlov A.
Soc Sci Med. 2005 May;60(10):2181-90.
 Abstract

Drug use and sexual risk behaviours among female Russian IDUs who exchange sex
for money or drugs.
Benotsch EG, Somlai AM, Pinkerton SD, et al
Int J STD AIDS. 2004 May;15(5):343-7.
 Abstract
 
The Social Organization of Commercial Sex Work in Moscow, Russia.
 Aral SO, St Lawrence JS, Tikhonova L
Sex Transm Dis 2003 Jan;30(1):39-45
 Abstract

The Ecology of Sex Work and Drug Use in Saratov Oblast, Russia.
Aral SO, St Lawrence JS.
Sex Transm Dis 2002 Dec;29(12):798-805
 Abstract
 

  
  HIV risk behavior and risk-related characteristics of young Russian men who exchange
sex for money or valuables from other men.
Kelly JA, Amirkhanian YA, McAuliffe TL, et al.
AIDS Educ Prev 2001 Apr;13(2):175-88
 Abstract
 		  
    Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Poster
 
 
Improving the measurement and understanding of correct and consistent condom use among
commercial sex workers in the Russian Federation
B Sergeyev
(135 APHA)
 Abstract
 
Remarkable Variation in the Socio-Spatial Organization of Sex Work and Its Implications for
STD/HIV Spread
SS Aral, A Uusküla, R Dyatlov
(134 APHA)
 Abstract
 
Injecting risk behavior and HCV prevalence among injecting drug users
including women sex workers in Barnaul, Russian Federation
Maximova S., Goncharova N., Sterlyadeva N, et al
 (XVI  International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 
Violence in sex business is the potential driving force of HIV-epidemic in Moscow and beyond
Gil A., Zohrabian L., Shakarishvili A
(XVI  International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 
Unmet program needs of Moscow sex workers
J A Stachowiak, A N Peryshkina, I Kruzhkova, et al
 (15IAC)
 Abstract
 
Using free list methodology to enhance program activities for sex workers in
ten regions in Russia
L I Bardakova
 (15IAC)
 Abstract
 
HIV/AIDS prevention among commercial sex workers in St-Petersburg
I G Piskarev
 (15IAC)
 Abstract
Ukraine

Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
 

Legal situation and vulnerability of commercial sex workers in Ukraine
Kovalchuk O., Sluzhynska O., Sluzhynska M., et al
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract

Preventive activities among commercial sex workers in Lviv, Ukraine
M Sluzhynska, O Kovalchuk
 (15IAC)
 Abstract

Influence of HIV preventive program for drug injecting sex workers
A V Kucheruk
 (15IAC)
 Abstract
Uzbekistan
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Sexually transmitted disease symptom management behaviours among female sex workers
in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Alibayeva G, Todd CS, Khakimov MM, et al
Int J STD AIDS. 2007 May;18(5):324-8
 Abstract

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