{"id":61790,"date":"2024-05-12T23:37:53","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T03:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/?post_type=star_publication&#038;p=61790"},"modified":"2024-05-12T23:38:33","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T03:38:33","slug":"experience-of-social-harms-among-female-sex-workers-following-hiv-self-test-distribution-in-malawi-results-of-a-cohort-study","status":"publish","type":"star_publication","link":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/fr\/star_publication\/experience-of-social-harms-among-female-sex-workers-following-hiv-self-test-distribution-in-malawi-results-of-a-cohort-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Experience of Social Harms Among Female Sex Workers Following HIV Self-Test Distribution in Malawi: Results of a Cohort Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"61790\" class=\"elementor elementor-61790\" data-elementor-post-type=\"star_publication\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98a3716 e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"98a3716\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b61ef2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b61ef2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In Malawi, female sex workers (FSW) have high HIV incidence and regular testing is suggested. 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