The Sex Workers On The Frontlines Of The HIV Response in Malawi

An MSF programme in Malawi is helping thousands of sex workers to overcome barriers to health services, in part by training and employing them as health workers in their communities. Sex workers are 5.4 times more at risk of HIV infection that their female counterparts in the general population.

With much lower access to health information and healthcare than others in the community, sex workers are over five times more likely to contract HIV, and face much higher risks of unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

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