Washington DC Escorts: Intervention Effort Cuts HIV Incidence Among Female Sex Workers
Written on July 5, 2010 – 10:49 am | by hookerlooker
The rise in the prevalence of HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is particularly notable among female sex workers. For example, a 1997 study estimated HIV prevalence among female sex workers in Mexico City at 0.6 percent. In 2006, however the Mujer Segura study of female sex workers in Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez found a prevalence of 6 percent, and 12 percent among those who injected drugs.
“There are factors that make the border region especially problematic,” said Patterson. “It’s a catchment area for immigrants preparing to cross. It’s a place with major drug trafficking routes. This combination of people, sex and drugs really helps fuel the HIV epidemic.”
Programs aimed at reducing HIV and STIs among female sex workers are crucial, said Rodriguez at CENSIDA, because they help reduce disease transmission between high-risk groups and the general population in areas with concentrated epidemics. Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez, where UC San Diego researchers have long focused their studies, are obvious target areas because commercial sex work there is quasi-legal and thriving.
See the full article from “Medical News Today (press release)”