South Africa: Decriminalising Sex Work Would Tackle HIV

1 December 2011

Decriminalising sex work would go a long way towards removing the hurdles sex workers face when trying to get health services, especially for HIV.

Maria Stacey, National Outreach Manager at the Sex Worker Education & Advocacy Taskforce (Sweat) reveals that despite high levels of HIV infection among sex workers, a negligible number of them have access to HIV interventions - either for treating or preventing HIV infection.

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