A cluster-randomized controlled trial of a combination HIV risk reduction and microfinance intervention for female sex workers who use drugs in Kazakhstan.
Nabila El-BasselTara McCrimmonGaukhar MergenovaMingway ChangAssel TerlikbayevaSholpan PrimbetovaAzamat KuskulovBauyrzhan BaiserkinAlfiya DenebayevaKulpan KurmetovaSusan S WittePublished in: Journal of the International AIDS Society (2021)
Compared to a combination HIVRR + MF intervention, a robust HIVRR intervention alone may be sufficient to reduce sexual and drug risk behaviours among FSW who use drugs. There may be structural limitations to the promise of microfinance for HIV risk reduction among this population.