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Table 1 Estimates of some national representation for the number and population proportion of FSWs, and the number and population proportion of clients of FSWs, in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) reported by identified studies

From: HIV epidemiology among female sex workers and their clients in the Middle East and North Africa: systematic review, meta-analyses, and meta-regressions

 

Country

Author, year [citation]

Year(s) of data collection

Estimation methodology

Sample type

Reported size estimate

Time frame

N

Range

%*

Range*

FSWs

Egypt

Bahaa, 2010 [31]

2004–2008

Convenience sample (self-report)

Women seeking VCT testing

NR

NR

NR

0.4

NR

Jacobsen, 2014 [32]

2014

Enumeration (time-location geographical mapping)

FSWs in urban locations

Current

22,986

6460–26,792

0.24

NR

Djibouti

WHO, 2011 [33]

2009

NR

FSWs

NR

1000

NR

NR

NR

WHO, 2011 [33]

2011

Capture-recapture

FSWs

Current

2218

NR

NR

NR

Iran

WHO, 2011 [33]

2010

Network scale-up

General pop

Current

80,000

NR

NR

NR

Sharifi, 2017 [34]

2015

Multiplier unique object

FSWs

Current

19,800

10,900–38,100

0.31

0.17–0.58

Sharifi, 2017 [34]

2015

Network scale-up

General pop

Current

98,500

87,000–109,400

1.54

1.36–1.71

Sharifi, 2017 [34]

2015

Wisdom of the crowds

FSWs

Current

152,200

93,400–21,4300

2.38

1.46–3.35

Lebanon

Kahhaleh, 2009 [35]

1996

Pop-based survey (self-report)

General pop (15–49 years)

Past 12 M

NR

NR

0.54

NR

Kahhaleh, 2009 [35]

2004

Pop-based survey (self-report)

General pop (15–49 years)

Past 12 M

NR

NR

0.53

NR

Morocco

WHO, 2011 [33]

2010

NR

FSWs

Current

67,000

NR

NR

NR

Bennani, 2013 [36]

2011

Multiplier unique object

FSWs

Past 6 M

85,000

NR

NR

NR

MOH, 2013 [37]

2013

Pop-based survey (self-report)

Young women (15–24 years)

Lifetime

NR

NR

6.9

NR

MOH, 2013 [37]

2013

Pop-based survey (self-report)

Young women (15–24 years)

Current

NR

NR

2.4

NR

Pakistan

NACP, 2005 [38] (round I)

2005

Enumeration (time-location geographical mapping)

Brothel, kothikhana, home, and street-based FSWs

Current

35,050

30,300–39,800

0.78

NR

Emmanuel, 2010 [39] (round II)

2006

Enumeration (time-location geographical mapping)

Brothel, kothikhana, home, and street-based FSWs

Current

167,501

NR

0.44

NR

Emmanuel, 2013 [40, 41] (round IV)

2011–2012

Enumeration (time-location geographical mapping)

Brothel, kothikhana, home, and street-based FSWs

Current

89,178

78,778–99,592

0.72

NR

NACP, 2017 [42] (round V)

2016–2017

Enumeration (time-location geographical mapping)

Brothel, kothikhana, home, and street-based FSWs

Current

64,829

57,734–70,428

NR

NR

Sudan

AFROCENTER Group, 2005 [43]

2005

Self-report (convenience sample)

Young women

NR

NR

NR

0.4

NR

Syria

WHO, 2011 [33]

2011

NR

FSWs

Current

50,000

NR

NR

NR

Tunisia

WHO, 2011 [33]

2005

NR

FSWs

Current

NR

1000–5000

NR

NR

WHO, 2011 [33]

2009

NR

FSWs

Current

10,000

NR

NR

NR

WHO, 2011 [33]

2011

NR

FSWs

Current

25,500

NR

NR

NR

Yemen

MOH, 2010 [44]

NR

Enumeration (time-location geographical mapping)

FSWs

Current

58,934

NR

NR

1.16–2.10

Clients of FSWs

Afghanistan

Todd, 2007 [45]

2005–2006

Pop-based survey (self-report)

TB patients receiving treatment

Lifetime

NR

NR

3.57

NR

Todd, 2012 [46]

2010–2011

Pop-based survey (self-report)

Army recruits

Lifetime

NR

NR

12.5

NR

Egypt

Bahaa, 2010 [31]

2004–2008

Convenience sample (self-report)

Men seeking VCT testing

NR

NR

NR

0.9

NR

Lebanon

Kahhaleh, 2009 [35]

1996

Pop-based survey (self-report)

General pop (15–49 years)

Past 12 M

NR

NR

9.7

NR

Adib, 2002 [47]

1999

Pop-based survey (self-report)

Military conscripts

Past 12 M

NR

NR

13.84

NR

Kahhaleh, 2009 [35]

2004

Pop-based survey (self-report)

General pop (15–49 years)

Past 12 M

NR

NR

5.65

NR

Morocco

MOH, 2007 [48]

2007

Pop-based survey (self-report)

Young men (15–24 years)

Lifetime

NR

NR

35.3

NR

MOH, 2007 [48]

2007

Pop-based survey (self-report)

Young men (15–24 years)

Current

NR

NR

2

NR

MOH, 2013 [37]

2013

Pop-based survey (self-report)

Young men (15–24 years)

Lifetime

NR

NR

10.5

NR

MOH, 2013 [37]

2013

Pop-based survey (self-report)

Young men (15–24 years)

Current

NR

NR

0.3

NR

Pakistan

Mir, 2013 [49]

2007

Pop-based survey (self-report)

Urban men (16–45 years)

Lifetime

NR

NR

11.9

NR

Mir, 2013 [49]

2007

Pop-based survey (self-report)

Urban men (16–45 years)

Past 12 M

NR

NR

5.8

NR

Sudan

NACP, 2004 [50]

2004

Convenience sample (self-report)

Military personnel

NR

NR

NR

0.3

NR

AFROCENTER Group, 2005 [43]

2005

Convenience sample (self-report)

Young men

NR

NR

NR

0.5

NR

  1. The table is sorted by year(s) of data collection
  2. Abbreviations: FSWs female sex workers, M months, MOH Ministry of Health, NACP National AIDS Control Programme, NR not reported, Pop population, TB tuberculosis, VCT voluntary counseling and testing, WHO World Health Organization
  3. *The decimal places of the population proportion figures are as reported in the original reports