Populations size estimations using SS-PSE among MSM in four European cities: how many MSM are living with HIV?
Lisa Grazina JohnstonKatherine R McLaughlinLorenzo GiosMaddalena CordioliDanica Valkovičová StanekováKarel BlondeelIgor ToskinMassimo Mirandolanull nullPublished in: European journal of public health (2022)
Benefits of this method are that no additional information from an RDS survey needs to be collected, that the sizes can be calculated ex post facto a survey and that there is a software programme that can run the SS-PSE models. However, this method relies on having reliable priors. Although many countries are estimating the sizes of their vulnerable populations, European countries have yet to incorporate similar and novel methods.