Publications by authors named "Fatima Zahra Hajouji"
Article Synopsis
- - The study aimed to evaluate how acceptable, usable, and feasible HIV self-testing is among key populations in Morocco, particularly focusing on female sex workers, men who have sex with men, and partners of newly diagnosed individuals.
- - A total of 3,465 individuals were involved, with high acceptability rates for self-testing reported (90.2% among female sex workers, 86.2% among men who have sex with men). However, many participants (44.0% to 73.4%) had never been tested for HIV before.
- - The results suggest that expanding access to HIV self-testing can be beneficial for key populations in Morocco and potentially in other Middle Eastern and North African countries as well. *
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is an effective HIV prevention tool, recommended for persons at substantial risk for HIV, such as female sex workers (FSW) and men who have sex with men (MSM). We present Morocco's and the Middle East/North Africa's first PrEP demonstration project. Our pilot aimed to assess the feasibility and acceptability of a community-based PrEP program for FSW and MSM in Morocco's highest HIV prevalence cities: Agadir, Marrakech, and Casablanca.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: In 2020, almost 20% of people living with HIV (PLHIV) in Morocco are still unaware of their HIV status. Under these circumstances, HIV self-test (HIVST) can be an efficient additional tool for improving the testing rates in Morocco and reaching the first objective of the UNAIDS 95-95-95 goal. ALCS, a Community-based organization, involved in HIV Testing since 1992, and the Ministry of Health of Morocco conducted, a study on the acceptability and usability of HIVST among Female sex workers (FSW) and MSM (men who have sex with men), using a salivary rapid test.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Truck drivers constitute an important bridging group in the HIV epidemic in Morocco. This study examined the effect of a community-based educational intervention in Morocco on HIV testing and counseling, in representative samples of truck drivers before (2007) and after (2012) the intervention.
Methods: Face-to-face structured interviews, adapted from UNAIDS documents, collected data on socio-demographic characteristics, HIV testing and counseling, and HIV risk behaviors in both the 2007 and 2012 surveys.