AMERICAS
Dominican Republic

The Population Council has conducted a range of studies to increase access to and improve the quality of reproductive health care in the Dominican Republic.

Development of HIV/STI Prevention Interventions Among Clients and Sexual Partners of Female Sex Workers 

The primary goal of this Hewlett Foundation-supported project was to inform the development of HIV/STI prevention strategies aimed at both paying and non-paying male partners of female sex workers. The Council collaborated with the Centro de Orientación e Investigación Integral and the Centro de Promoción y Solidaridad Humana in Puerto Plata on this project. This study built on a project of the Council's Horizons Program in which researchers successfully increased condom use and lowered rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among female sex workers. 

The most recent study explored the social and sexual networks of the male clients and the impact of these networks on HIV/STI prevention. Council researchers conducted focus groups and in-depth interviews in Santo Domingo and Puerto Plata, and analyzed secondary data from an existing database of sex worker clients in Santo Domingo. Council staff members also evaluated the strengths and weaknesses of potential HIV/STI-prevention intervention strategies. Additionally, the study assessed the possibilities for increasing the access to and the utilization of public STI clinics among male partners of female sex workers.

Additional Projects

• Clinical Studies: Carraguard® and Other Phase 1 Safety Trials
• Use of Latex Diaphragms to Reduce Bacterial STIs

• FRONTIERS projects

  • Assessing the Need and Opportunities for Improved Linkages Between Conditional Cash Transfers and Reproductive Health Programs in the Latin America and Caribbean Region

  • Situation Analysis of the Integration of Family Planning Services in Postpartum, Postabortion, and Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission Programs in the Dominican Republic

  • Understanding Successful Condom Use in the Dominican Republic

• Horizons project

  • Evaluation of a 100-Percent Condom Use Policy in Sex Establishments

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This page updated 8 May 2008

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