Table 4

HIV prevalence among female sex workers

Province

Year

Population

Sample size

HIV prevalence

Source

Ho Chi Minh city

2000

Non-DU FSW

259

12.4%

[56]

Non-injecting DU FSW

58

27.6%

Injecting DU FSW

53

67.9%

Ho Chi Minh City

2001

FSW

800

25%

[27]

Ho Chi Minh City

2002

FSW

306

26.8%

[27]

Twelve provinces

2002

FSW

4,153

4.7%

[13, 14]

Ho Chi Minh City

2003

FSW

381

11%*

[27]

DU FSW

61

44.3%

Hai Phong

2004

FSW

215

29.8%

[15]

* The lack of increase in seroprevalence and even the reduction in 2003 in HCMC is probably a result of the transfer of a high number of FSW to rehabilitation camps following the initiation of Three Reductions Program (reduction of drug use, prostitution, and crime) in Ho Chi Minh city in 2001.

Nguyen et al. BMC Public Health 2008 8:37   doi:10.1186/1471-2458-8-37