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South Africa: Are 60 Percent of Sex Workers in South Africa HIV-Positive?
Africa Check, 28 January 2015
Are 60% of South Africa's estimated 150,000 sex workers HIV-positive? Studies conducted to date have been limited in scope. Read more »
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South Africa: Strategy - Draft National Strategic Plan for HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment for Sex Workers
Health-e, 16 January 2015
Released by the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) on 12 January, this 49-page preliminary document outlines plans to, for instance, increase HIV and tuberculosis (TB)… Read more »
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South Africa: Sex and HIV in a Time of Criminalisation
Daily Maverick, 15 January 2015
A plan on HIV in the sex work industry is due for release, and as stakeholders met this week to discuss issues affecting workers, the issue of legalisation was brought back on the… Read more »
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South Africa: Report - Estimating the Size of the Sex Worker Population in South Africa
Health-e, 14 January 2015
Led by the Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Taskforce (SWEAT), this research estimates that there are about 153,000 sex workers operating in South Africa. Read more »
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South Africa: Study Estimates 153,000 Sex Workers Active in South Africa
Health-e, 13 January 2015
First of its kind research released yesterday shows that South Africa is home to about 153,000 sex workers as a new plan aims to decriminalise one of the world's oldest… Read more »
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South Africa: 60 Percent of Sex Workers HIV Positive
SAPA, 13 January 2015
About 60 percent of South Africa's estimated 150,000 sex workers are HIV positive, The New Age reported on Tuesday. Read more »