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Review
. 2012;9(3):148-53.
doi: 10.1080/17290376.2012.743825.

Female sex workers in Africa: epidemiology overview, data gaps, ways forward

E N Ngugi  1 , E Roth, Theresa Mastin, M G Nderitu, Seema Yasmin
Affiliations
Review

Female sex workers in Africa: epidemiology overview, data gaps, ways forward

E N Ngugi et al. SAHARA J. 2012.
No abstract available

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Figures

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Fig. 1
‘Yes’ responses to the question ‘Everyone at one time or another needs economic help. In these times who do you think you could go to for money?’ (After Ngugi et al., 2012).
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
Occupations of clients. Source: Meru Source: E. Ngugi, A. Ferguson, C. Morris 2005.
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