[HIV seroprevalence among drug users in Togo].

Context: In the context of implementing a serological and behavioural surveillance system among drugs users, this study estimated the prevalence of HIV infection and related risk behaviours among drug users (DUs) in Togo.

Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted among DUs in Togo from November 2011 to January 2012. This study involved all DUs regardless of the type of drug and the mode of consumption, over the age of 18 years, who had lived in Togo for at least 3 months.

Feasibility and acceptability of rapid HIV screening in a labour ward in Togo.

Background: HIV screening in a labour ward is the last opportunity to initiate an antiretroviral prophylaxis among pregnant women living with HIV to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission. Little is known about the feasibility and acceptability of HIV screening during labour in West Africa.

Findings: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in the labour ward at the Tokoin Teaching Hospital in Lomé (Togo) between May and August 2010.