Facilitators and barriers to linkage to HIV care and treatment among female sex workers in a community-based HIV prevention intervention in Tanzania: A qualitative study

Daniel Nyato; Soori Nnko; Albert Komba; Evodius Kuringe; Marya Plotkin; Gaspar Mbita; Amani Shao; John Changalucha; Mwita Wambura

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0219032

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Facilitators and barriers to linkage to HIV care and treatment among female sex workers in a community-based HIV prevention intervention in Tanzania: A qualitative study

Daniel Nyato ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: dnyato2000@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health, National Institute for Medical Research, Mwanza Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2397-1390

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Soori Nnko,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health, National Institute for Medical Research, Mwanza Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania
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Albert Komba,

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Jhpiego Tanzania - An Affiliate of Johns Hopkins University, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
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Evodius Kuringe,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health, National Institute for Medical Research, Mwanza Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania
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Marya Plotkin,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Jhpiego Tanzania - An Affiliate of Johns Hopkins University, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
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Gaspar Mbita,

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Jhpiego Tanzania - An Affiliate of Johns Hopkins University, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
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Amani Shao,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health, National Institute for Medical Research, Mwanza Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1995-3031

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John Changalucha,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health, National Institute for Medical Research, Mwanza Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania
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Mwita Wambura

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health, National Institute for Medical Research, Mwanza Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania
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Facilitators and barriers to linkage to HIV care and treatment among female sex workers in a community-based HIV prevention intervention in Tanzania: A qualitative study

Daniel Nyato,
Soori Nnko,
Albert Komba,
Evodius Kuringe,
Marya Plotkin,
Gaspar Mbita,
Amani Shao,
John Changalucha,
Mwita Wambura

Published: November 19, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219032
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