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SA: 60 Percent Of Sex Workers HIV POsitive

ProstosAbout 60 percent of South Africa’s estimated 150,000 sex workers are HIV positive, The New Age reported on Tuesday.

The statistics were announced by the SA National Aids Council (Sanac) at the launch of a national HIV/Aids programme for sex workers in Johannesburg on Monday.

“How can you talk about HIV prevention and not talk about sex work, knowing HIV transmission involves sex?” Sanac CEO Fareed Abdullah was quoted as saying at the launch.

Sex workers, their “non-commercial partners” and their clients accounted for between six and 11 percent of all new infections in South Africa.

These “concerning” figures pushed Sanac and its partners to develop a programme aimed at fighting HIV/Aids in the sex worker industry, the publication reported.

“The programme also aimed at ensuring access to state social and health services where sex workers can receive HIV counselling and testing, treatment and contraception,” Abdullah said.

National co-ordinater of sex workers’ movement Sisonke, Kholi Buthelezi, said it was the duty of all sex workers to ensure the programme wassuccessful.

“We want to use condoms but sometimes our clients refuse,” she said.

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9 Responses to SA: 60 Percent Of Sex Workers HIV POsitive

  1. Jr

    January 14, 2015 at 3:20 pm

    SA: 60 % wat of pa zed niyanga amapesenteji, aya aids

    • LoL

      January 14, 2015 at 11:12 pm

  2. Chimbwi No Plan

    January 14, 2015 at 4:58 pm

    So these are the kind of people saying if EL wins erections there shall be sex BANANZA IN LUSAKA. Ohh sorry elections

  3. shake shake

    January 14, 2015 at 9:18 pm

    Uummm south africa kaliya ka % mwee!!!

  4. e c

    January 15, 2015 at 8:42 am

    sex teinobe boi

  5. boby

    January 15, 2015 at 8:54 am

    @chimbwi no plan, are you saying that Chagwa E.L will win the erections? kikikikikiki

  6. IF NOT

    January 15, 2015 at 1:35 pm

    Not just sex workers include the married men who pick up these ladies, their wives and those operating in brothels.

  7. BREAKING NEWS.

    January 15, 2015 at 6:30 pm

    so whom else do u think look at u open yur eyes old timers..

  8. AC

    January 15, 2015 at 7:43 pm

    They re more dan dat coz ilyashi lyakupimisha abatu tabakosa