Population size estimation

If You Are Not Counted, You Don’t Count: Estimating the Number of African-American Men Who Have Sex with Men in San Francisco Using a Novel Bayesian Approach

African-American men who have sex with men (AA MSM) have been disproportionately infected with and affected by HIV and other STIs in San Francisco and the USA. The true scope and scale of the HIV epidemic in this population has not been quantified, …

Estimating the size of hidden populations using respondent-driven sampling data: Case examples from Morocco

Background: Respondent-driven sampling is used worldwide to estimate the population prevalence of characteristics, such as HiV/aiDS and associated risk factors in hard-to-reach populations. estimating the total size of these populations is of great …