Sex workers and HIV in India:Number of female sex workers: 868,000
*.HIV prevalence: 2.7 percent,*.HIV prevention activities coverage: 84.5 percent.HIV prevalence among female sex workers varies both
between and within states. For example, one study found HIV prevalence among sex workers ranged between 2 percent and 38 percent(averaging at 14.5 percent) among districts in the five high prevalence south Indian
states of Andhra Pradesh,Telengana,Maharashtra,Tamil Nadu and
Karnataka.Although sex work is not strictly illegal in India, associated activities (such as running a brothel) are running.This means that the authorities can justify police hostility and brothel raids. Stigma and discrimination against sex workers restrict their access to health care.
Male sex workers are a group particularly vulnerable to HIV who engage in high-risk behaviours. One study in suburban Mumbai reported an HIV prevalence of 33 percent among this group with all of the individuals in the study engaging in anal sex while 13 percent had never
used a condom. where is the world heading.
But CONDOM supply is badly affecting NACO & SACS HIV CONTROLLING PROGRAMME,15 STATES HAVE REPORTED CONDOM SHORTAGE OUT OF THESE -5 STATES HAVE NO STOCK.Shortage of Condoms,Diagnostic Kits and of HIV ARV medicines is since last one year, Maharashtra,Punjab,Gujrat,Uttrakhand, Andhra pradesh have exhausted condom stock.About 32 lakhs peoples are covered by condom for safe sex from vulnerable community of Both female and Male sex workers, transgenders,MSM,truck drivers and Migrating Labors and other workers.
The reason being Centre wants to spend less for condom and Hiv Programmes directly ,want States to take responsibility so Naco budget is less,Global Fund is also less and states are also unable to exhaust the alotted fund in time due to red tapism,corruption and lazyness of Bureaucrats and officials.Beside this,procurement,maintenance of supply chain and adequate stock of Condom,Diagnostic Kits and Medicines is affected by the suppliers,in between commission agents and producers as timely payment and order is not done due to widely prevalent corruption in our government system where hardly a file is forwarded until kick back is assured.But due to this our HIV PREVENTION AND CURE PROGRAMME IS BADLY HITTING AND IN FUTURE ANY SURGE OF HIV EPIDEMIC MAY OCCUR IF A GOOD AND REAL GROUND SURVEY IS DONE.