A hidden HIV epidemic among women in Vietnam

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Table 4 HIV prevalence among female sex workers

Province	Year	Population	Sample size	HIV prevalence	Source
Ho Chi Minh city	2000	Non-DU FSW	259	12.4%	[56]
		Non-injecting DU FSW	58	27.6%
		Injecting DU FSW	53	67.9%
Ho Chi Minh City	2001	FSW	800	25%	[27]
Ho Chi Minh City	2002	FSW	306	26.8%	[27]
Twelve provinces	2002	FSW	4,153	4.7%	[13, 14]
Ho Chi Minh City	2003	FSW	381	11%*	[27]
		DU FSW	61	44.3%
Hai Phong	2004	FSW	215	29.8%	[15]

* The lack of increase in seroprevalence and even the reduction in 2003 in HCMC is probably a result of the transfer of a high number of FSW to rehabilitation camps following the initiation of Three Reductions Program (reduction of drug use, prostitution, and crime) in Ho Chi Minh city in 2001.

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