Although only borderline significant, an even greater difference was observed in female IDUs outside prison (25.4% vs. 40.9%).
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older age, low nadir CD4, CPE score, hepatitis C co-infection, diabetes, hypertension, smoking, obesity) did not reach statistical significance in this group.
The linkages between incarceration and HIV among sex workers in post-conflict Uganda highlight the significant harms of an increasing trend towards criminalization of key populations in Sub-Saharan Africa, which remains a critical impediment to scaling-up access to HIV prevention and care as well as sexual and reproductive health for populations most in need of these services.