Saturday, November 24, 2007

Sex Trafficking and HIV in South Asia

• 225,000 of the men, women and children trafficked each year are from South Asia
• Sex trafficking has direct cause and effect linkages to the spread and mutation of the AIDS virus
• Sex trafficking is helping the global dispersion of HIV/AIDS
• Women and child victims of sex trafficking have a high incidence of HIV/AIDS and other STI’s.

Huda, S. “Sex Trafficking in South Asia.” Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2006 Sep;94(3):374-81. Epub 2006 Jul 17.

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