Deaths of female sex workers and sexually exploited adolescent girls during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya, Nigeria, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Results of a cross-sectional study
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- 2026-08-12
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@article{allodium:10.1371/journal.pgph.0005781,
title = {Deaths of female sex workers and sexually exploited adolescent girls during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya, Nigeria, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Results of a cross-sectional study},
author = {Brian Willis and Isabella Danel and Regan Moss and Emily Perttu and Heather Thompson and Swarna Weerasinghe and Grace Kamau and Wendy L. Macias-Konstantopoulos},
year = {2026},
journal = {PLOS Global Public Health},
doi = {10.1371/journal.pgph.0005781},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0005781}
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TY - JOUR TI - Deaths of female sex workers and sexually exploited adolescent girls during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya, Nigeria, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Results of a cross-sectional study AU - Brian Willis AU - Isabella Danel AU - Regan Moss AU - Emily Perttu AU - Heather Thompson AU - Swarna Weerasinghe AU - Grace Kamau AU - Wendy L. Macias-Konstantopoulos PY - 2026 JO - PLOS Global Public Health DO - 10.1371/journal.pgph.0005781 UR - https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0005781 ER -
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Willis, B., Danel, I., Moss, R., Perttu, E., Thompson, H., Weerasinghe, S., Kamau, G., & Macias-Konstantopoulos, W. L. (2026). Deaths of female sex workers and sexually exploited adolescent girls during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya, Nigeria, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Results of a cross-sectional study. PLOS Global Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0005781
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