AIDS 2002
      News & Abstracts: Abstract


            Code :WePeE6577

            Title :Prostitutes with drug addition and HIV/AIDS in Vietnam

            Authors :D Nguyen van1, L Vo Kong1, A Phan Minh1, N Pham Hoang2, H 
            Vu Minh3
            1Ho Chi Minh National Political Academy, Hanoi, Vietnam; 2Hanoi AIDS 
            Commitee, Han
            Abstract:



            Background: In recent years, prostitutes in Vietnam using drug are 
            on the rise, which makes anti-Aids operations more difficult and the 
            rate of HIV/AIDS infected prostitutes going up too.
            Methods : Gathering and analyzing existing data. Group discussion: 5 
            groups of prostitutes. Interviews of 250 prostitutes. Discussions of 
            4 groups and interviews of 10 anti-Aids and anti-prostitution and 
            drug addition activists in Hanoi and in the provinces of Quang Ninh 
            and Ninh Binh.
            Results : 98% of peoples interviewed think that the number of 
            prostitutes (both grown-ups and children) using drug rises very fast 
            in recent years. In 1998 few prostitutes used drug. But a 
            recently-made investigation among 25 prostitutes shows that the 
            number of drug-users makes up 74%. About 66.4% of prostitutes 
            transfer from inhaling drug to injection. Reason for the increase : 
            earning lots of money, being fond of leading a liberal life, being 
            incited by bosses, lacking knowledge about aids. All make solutions 
            difficult.
            Conclusions : It is necessary for us to step up the work of 
            education and consultation for prostitutes so that they may stay 
            away from drug. Increasing the ratio of using individual needles and 
            syringes and using condoms in sexual intercourses. Helping 
            prostitutes to give up drug addition, giving them jobs so that they 
            may return to normal life in their integration into family and 
            community.





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