Document #1094472

PlusNews (Author), published by ReliefWeb

Sex workers pay the price for HIV prevention gaps

http://reliefweb.int/node/400709

ecoi.net description:
The country is short on data on HIV among sex workers, but a new study shows that in Kampala HIV prevalence among female sex workers could be more than 4 times the city's average prevalence; according to NGOs, police violence directed against sex workers is an issue that needs to be urgently addressed
Country:
Uganda
Sources:
PlusNews (Author), published by ReliefWeb
Published:
9 May 2011
Original link:
http://reliefweb.int/node/400709
Document type:
Media Report
Language:
English
Document ID:
1094472 (former ID 159903)

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