Vulnerability: Sex Workers in Nairobi's Majengo Slum  

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Andanda, Pamela

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics (keterangan: ada di Proquest) vol. 18 no. 02 (Apr. 2009), page 138-146 .
Topik: immunological protection mechanisms; commercial sex workers

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Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: C01.K.2009.01 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Researchers from the Universities of Oxford, Nairobi, and Manitoba are collaborating on a project to develop an HIV vaccine based on the immunological protection mechanisms found in commercial sex workers from the Majengo slum in Nairobi. This group consists of educationally and economically disadvantaged women who resort to commercial sex work for a living. A clinic was established in the slum to study sexually transmitted diseases, which now includes HIV/AIDS. The clinic serves as a research facility for the collaborating researchers who have been using the women's blood, cervical, vaginal, and saliva samples for the ongoing studies. The clinic runs two HIV-integrated activities: HIV research and HIV care and treatment. For HIV negative participants, samples are collected and used for research and care after they give informed consent. Footnotes This paper was produced as part of GenBenefit, a research project funded by the European Community's Sixth Framework Programme, but reflects only the author's views. I am grateful to the GenBenefit group for input into this discussion. The comments of Doris Schroeder, Phillip Cole, Fatima Alvarez-Castillo, Miltos Ladikas, Emezat Mengesha, and Mosa Thekiso on the drafts are gratefully acknowledged.

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