Key populations and human rights in the context of HIV services rendition in Ghana

Table 1 Existence of criminalization laws and policies in Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Countries and Burkina Faso

Policy	Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Countries					Other WA
Policy	Côte d’Ivoire	Ghana	Togo	Benin	Nigeria	Burkina Faso
1. Sex work is not criminalized	✓	X	✓	✓	X	✓
2. Soliciting for sex work is not criminalized	X	X	X	✓	X	X
3. Same-sex sexual behavior is not criminalized	✓	X	X	✓	X	✓
4. Transgender identity or gender nonconformity is not criminalized	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
5. Alternatives to prison are available for people convicted offenses related to sex work, prostitution, or solicitation	X	✓	✓	N/A	X	X
6. Alternatives to prison are available for people convicted to offences related to same-sex sexual behavior	X	X	X	N/A	X	N/A
7. NGOs and providers are explicitly protected from prosecution charges of aiding and abetting	✓	✓	✓	X	X	X

Source: Duvall et al. [14]
X = does not affirm statement in the first column e.g. Statement 2: With the exception of Benin, soliciting for sex is criminalized in all the other five countries
✓ = affirms statement in the first column e.g. Statement 4: In all six countries, there is no existing of a law criminalizing gender noncomformity

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