Manjula Ramaiah
Biographic Data
| ID | 7560478 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Manjula Ramaiah |
| GIVEN NAMES | Manjula |
| FAMILY NAME | Ramaiah |
| SIGNATURE | RAMAIAH M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ashodaya Samithi, Mysuru, Karnataka, India |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Beyond remedicalisation
Global health policy-makers have called for demonstration projects to better understand pre-exposure prophylaxis' (PrEP) effectiveness across geographies and populations. Ashodaya , a sex worker collective, initiated a PrEP project in Mysore, India. We conducted a project ethnography to explore the role that community participation played within the project. Although the project proved immensely successful in terms of retention and adherence, to …
The Ashodaya PrEP project
To inform PrEP roll out, Ashodaya Samithi, a sex workers' collective, conducted a community-led prospective demonstration project among female sex workers in Mysore and Mandya, India. Following a community preparedness phase and pre-screening, participants were recruited for clinical screening and enrolment, provided PrEP as part of combination HIV prevention, and followed for 16 months. Adherence was measured by self-reported pill intake and by …
Pragmatic women
Persisting inequities in maternal health pose a particular burden for marginalised populations such as sex workers. However, current literature on pregnancy and sex work is limited to mostly quantitative studies focusing on contraception use, unplanned and/or undesired pregnancies and unsafe abortions. Additionally, emphasis has been placed on the prevention, treatment and care of STIs and HIV with less attention accorded to women's pregnancy des…
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The Ashodaya PrEP project
To inform PrEP roll out, Ashodaya Samithi, a sex workers' collective, conducted a community-led prospective demonstration project among female sex workers in Mysore and Mandya, India. Following a community preparedness phase and pre-screening, participants were recruited for clinical screening and enrolment, provided PrEP as part of combination HIV prevention, and followed for 16 months. Adherence was measured by self-reported pill intake and by …
Pragmatic women
Persisting inequities in maternal health pose a particular burden for marginalised populations such as sex workers. However, current literature on pregnancy and sex work is limited to mostly quantitative studies focusing on contraception use, unplanned and/or undesired pregnancies and unsafe abortions. Additionally, emphasis has been placed on the prevention, treatment and care of STIs and HIV with less attention accorded to women's pregnancy des…
Beyond remedicalisation
Global health policy-makers have called for demonstration projects to better understand pre-exposure prophylaxis' (PrEP) effectiveness across geographies and populations. Ashodaya , a sex worker collective, initiated a PrEP project in Mysore, India. We conducted a project ethnography to explore the role that community participation played within the project. Although the project proved immensely successful in terms of retention and adherence, to …
Family medicine (3 works) · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (2 works) · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Population (2 works) · Psychological intervention (2 works) · Sex work and related issues (2 works)