Mwale A; International Conference on AIDS.
Int Conf AIDS. 1998; 12: 909 (abstract no. 43315).
Zambia Network of Women Living With HIV/AIDS, Lusaka.
ISSUE: Population vulnerable to HIV/AIDS through sex working in Lusaka, Zambia, require innovative and appropriate intervention and self-awareness. PROJECT: Given rapid increase in the number of sex workers in Lusaka, Zambia an interview using reformed sex workers as peer educators was used. A self-awareness programme, using per educators was launched, with a drop-in centre with commercial working background. This project includes in its programme reformed sex workers as peer educator, qualified social workers and a doctor. Strategies offering alternative survival skills to commercial sex workers, counselling on HIV/AIDS, sex education accompanied by condoms distributions, and a drop-in centre. RESULTS: The self-awareness programme has been very effective among sex workers. Within workers within a period of one year the number of client increased from 1000 to 3000. Many sex workers are now actively involved in alternative survival skills those that still rests have seriously started using condoms. A total of 4000 sex workers have received counselling on HIV/AIDS. 100 have been recruited at the drop-in centre as peer educators, and over 2000 are involved in alternative survival skills. LESSONS LEARNED: Self-awareness among sex workers is very effective when reformed sex workers are used as peer educator, for they know has to convince their peers.
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Keywords:
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Condoms
- HIV Infections
- HIV Seropositivity
- Humans
- Peer Group
- Prostitution
- Self Concept
- Sex Education
- Zambia
- education
Other ID:
UI: 102231480
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