Document Type
Brief
Publication Date
2018
Abstract
HIV-positive women often have critical family planning (FP) needs in addition to HIV-related care, treatment, and prevention concerns. In sub-Saharan Africa, unintended pregnancy is common among HIV-positive women. At the same time, many women living with HIV want to have children some day, and there are various “safer conception” strategies available to help HIV-affected individuals and couples get pregnant while minimizing the risk of HIV transmission to seronegative partners and the baby. This brief describes the fertility-related needs and desires of female sex workers living with HIV in Tanzania, highlighting results indicating that health services should help women meet both needs.
Recommended Citation
Project SOAR. 2018. "Female sex workers living with HIV in Tanzania have both a need for contraception and a desire to have children in the future," Project SOAR Results Brief. Washington, DC: Population Council.
DOI
10.31899/hiv5.1012
Language
English
Project
Supporting Operational AIDS Research (Project SOAR)
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