{"id":3861,"date":"2013-06-14T13:20:39","date_gmt":"2013-06-14T17:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/?p=3861"},"modified":"2013-06-14T13:20:39","modified_gmt":"2013-06-14T17:20:39","slug":"hiv-infection-rates-among-sex-workers-by-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/06\/14\/hiv-infection-rates-among-sex-workers-by-country\/","title":{"rendered":"HIV Infection Rates Among Sex Workers by Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/sex-workers-rates-of-hiv.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3862\" alt=\"sex workers rates of hiv\" src=\"http:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/sex-workers-rates-of-hiv.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1007\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/sex-workers-rates-of-hiv.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/sex-workers-rates-of-hiv-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/sex-workers-rates-of-hiv-297x300.jpg 297w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>The United States increased its funding to fight AIDS globally ten years ago. But, to qualify for funding, NGO&#8217;s had to enforce an explicit policy against prostitution. Female sex workers are 13.5 times more likely to have contracted the HIV virus, but because of the enforced anti-prostitution policy, female sex workers do not qualify to receive treatment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">This visualization by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenation.com\/blog\/174771\/infographics-how-anti-prostitution-pledge-hinders-aids-prevention#axzz2WDC78X5H\">The Nation<\/a> shows the rate of HIV infection among sex workers around the world. The highest rates of HIV infection are in Africa, with Swaziland at an staggering 70%.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class='st_facebook' st_title='HIV Infection Rates Among Sex Workers by Country' st_url='https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/06\/14\/hiv-infection-rates-among-sex-workers-by-country\/' displayText='facebook'><\/span><span st_via='indexmundi' st_username='indexmundi' class='st_twitter' st_title='HIV Infection Rates Among Sex Workers by Country' st_url='https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/06\/14\/hiv-infection-rates-among-sex-workers-by-country\/' displayText='twitter'><\/span><span class='st_email' st_title='HIV Infection Rates Among Sex Workers by Country' st_url='https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/06\/14\/hiv-infection-rates-among-sex-workers-by-country\/' displayText='email'><\/span><span class='st_sharethis' st_title='HIV Infection Rates Among Sex Workers by Country' st_url='https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/06\/14\/hiv-infection-rates-among-sex-workers-by-country\/' displayText='sharethis'><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States increased its funding to fight AIDS globally ten years ago. But, to qualify for funding, NGO&#8217;s had to enforce an explicit policy against prostitution. Female sex workers are 13.5 times more likely to have contracted the HIV virus, but because of the enforced anti-prostitution policy, female sex workers do not qualify to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<p><span class='st_facebook' st_title='HIV Infection Rates Among Sex Workers by Country' st_url='https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/06\/14\/hiv-infection-rates-among-sex-workers-by-country\/' displayText='facebook'><\/span><span st_via='indexmundi' st_username='indexmundi' class='st_twitter' st_title='HIV Infection Rates Among Sex Workers by Country' st_url='https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/06\/14\/hiv-infection-rates-among-sex-workers-by-country\/' displayText='twitter'><\/span><span class='st_email' st_title='HIV Infection Rates Among Sex Workers by Country' st_url='https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/06\/14\/hiv-infection-rates-among-sex-workers-by-country\/' displayText='email'><\/span><span class='st_sharethis' st_title='HIV Infection Rates Among Sex Workers by Country' st_url='https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/06\/14\/hiv-infection-rates-among-sex-workers-by-country\/' displayText='sharethis'><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[107,25,99,32,19,14,30],"tags":[1374,1089,674,1093,598,1090,627,1095,1091,1092,1094,106],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3861"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3861"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3871,"href":"https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3861\/revisions\/3871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}