Citation
Poteat, Tonia; Keatley, JoAnne; Wilcher, Rose; & Schwenke, Chloe (2016). Evidence for Action: A Call for the Global HIV Response to Address the Needs of Transgender Populations. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 19(3 Suppl. 2), 21193. PMCID: PMC4949318Abstract
Transgender people are severely underserved in the global response to HIV. Less than 40% of countries report that their national AIDS strategies address transgender people [1], despite a growing body of evidence that transgender women, in particular, face a disproportionate and heavy burden of HIV. An estimated 19% of transgender women worldwide are living with HIV, and they have almost 50 times the odds of living with HIV compared to other reproductive age adults [2]. The impact among transgender sex workers is even more profound. Transgender women sex workers have a prevalence of HIV that is nine times that of non‐transgender female sex workers and three times that of male sex workers .URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.7448/ias.19.3.21193Reference Type
Journal ArticleYear Published
2016Journal Title
Journal of the International AIDS SocietyAuthor(s)
Poteat, ToniaKeatley, JoAnne
Wilcher, Rose
Schwenke, Chloe
Article Type
EditorialPMCID
PMC4949318Sex/Gender
Transgender WomenTransgender Men