China: AIDS lecture sparks prostitution row

A local health authority's decision to lecture sex workers in a bid to curb the spread of HIV/AIDS has ignited another round of public debate on prostitution.


The Harbin Disease Prevention and Control Centre's Aids Prevention and Control Institute in Heilongjiang organized three AIDS awareness lectures, addressing more than 180 prostitutes.


The latest one was held last Wednesday in Harbin, with more than 50 sex workers accompanied by their "bosses" usually the managers of local entertainment centers attending a 2-hour lecture covering AIDS prevention, the importance of using a condom and how to use one properly.


source

Tags: importance | Heilongjiang | workers | SPARKS | PROSTITUTES | Managers | Lecture | Health | entertainment | decision | Debate | curb | CONDOM | BOSSES | awareness | authority | attending | accompanied | Wednesday | prevention | institute | harbin | disease | China | centre | AIDS

Sphere: Related Content

No comments: