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Table 2 Aggregate RDS-weighted self-reported Sexually Transmitted Infections among Men who have sex with men (MSM), Female Sex Workers (FSW) and people who inject drugs (PWID) by survey city in Mozambique, 2011–2014

From: High burden of self-reported sexually transmitted infections among key populations in Mozambique: the urgent need for an integrated surveillance system

 

Maputo

Beira

Nampula/Nacala*

Total

Population

Symptom

n:

Crude

%:

Crude

RDS-weighted (95% CI)

n:

Crude

%:

Crude

RDS-weighted (95% CI)

n:

Crude

%:

Crude

RDS-weighted (95% CI)

n:

Crude

%:

Crude

RDS-weighted Aggregate

(95% CI)

MSM

 

N = 496

N = 583

N = 353

N = 1432

Abnormal discharge

24

4.8

5.4 (2.1–8.8)

28

4.8

5.2 (1.9–8.4)

22

6.2

7.6 (3.3–12.0)

74

5.2

5.8 (3.4–8.2)

Sore or ulcer

32

6.5

5.6 (2.0–9.2)

71

12.2

11.4 (6.7–16.0)

20

5.7

5.8 (1.1–10.5)

123

8.6

6.6 (4.0–9.2)

Diagnosis

20

4.0

4.0 (2.3–5.8)

28

4.8

3.6 (0.0–7.2)

31

8.8

9.5 (5.5–13.4)

79

5.5

5.0 (3.5–6.5)

STI self-report

54

10.9

10.6 (4.6–16.7)

89

15.3

14.3 (9.9–18.7)

45

12.8

14.0 (9.2–18.8)

188

13.1

11.9 (7.8–16.0)

FSW

 

N = 400

N = 411

N = 429

N = 1240

Abnormal discharge

93

23.3

24.8 (10.0–39.5)

151

36.9

36.6 (29.4–43.8)

85

19.8

20.9 (14.1–27.8)

329

26.5

26.7 (19.0–34.5)

Sore or ulcer

27

6.8

7.2 (−0.8–22.1)

51

12.4

13.0 (8.7–17.3)

41

9.6

9.2 (4.4–14.0)

119

9.6

9.1 (1.6–16.7)

Diagnosis

30

7.5

9.4 (2.4–16.3)

35

8.5

10.3 (5.1–15.6)

69

16.1

15.7 (9.7–21.6)

134

10.8

11.2 (7.1–15.2)

STI self-report

106

26.5

29.9 (15.4–44.5.0)

171

41.6

42.9 (35.5–50.3)

119

27.7

31.7 (25.2–38.5)

396

31.9

33.6 (26.0–41.3)

PWID

 

N = 353

 

N = 139

N = 492

Abnormal discharge

30

8.5

8.6 (3.9–13.4)

35

25.2

27.4 (16.1–38.7)

65

13.2

13.0 (9.6–16.3)

Sore or ulcer

21

6.0

5.7 (4.2–7.1)

29

20.9

22.7 (13.7–31.6)

50

10.2

9.7 (6.7–12.6)

STI Diagnosis

30

8.5

7.2 (2.4–12.0)

47

33.8

36.7 (24.6–48.9)

77

15.7

14.2 (11.0–17.4)

STI self-report

46

13.0

11.7 (5.9–17.4)

71

51.1

55.5 (43.4–67.7)

117

23.8

22.0 (17.0–27.0)

  1. Note: Symptoms for men who have sex with men (MSM) and people who inject drugs (PWID) refer to last 12 months, while female sex workers (FSW) refers to last 6 months
  2. aMSM and PWID surveys were conducted in the neighboring cities of Nampula/Nacala; FSW survey was conducted in Nampula only