Table 1 Summary of data collection.

From: The role of sex work laws and stigmas in increasing HIV risks among sex workers

Region

Country

Recruitment dates

Country sample size

Study sites

Recruitment seeds

Total enrolled by site

West Africa

Burkina Faso

January–August 2013

698

Bobo Dioulasso

3

350

Ouagadougou

6

348

Senegal

February–November 2015

758

Dakar

9

502

Mbour

3

256

Côte d’Ivoire

March–October 2015

466

Abidjan

5

466

Guinea-Bissau

September 2017–January 2018

567

Bafatá

3

140

Bissau

8

323

Bissorã

3

45

Gabu

3

59

The Gambia

May 2017–May 2018

354

Banjul

9

354

Togo

January–June 2013

683

Kara

5

329

Lome

5

354

Central Africa

Cameroon

November 2015–October 2016

2255

Yaoundé

2

574

Douala

1

457

Bamenda

1

341

Bertoua

1

304

Kribi

1

579

Southern Africa

Lesotho

February–September 2014

744

Maseru

7

410

Maputsoe

12

334

Kingdom of eSwatini

August–October 2011

324

Manzini

14

324

South Africa

October 2014–April 2015

410

Port Elizabeth

9

410