Summary:
While 17.9% of sex workers in Maharashtra were HIV positive, 13.1% of the sex workers in Manipur and 9.7% in Andhra Pradesh were HIV positive. | Photo Credit: HAND OUTmore-inPolice “raids” and “harassment” are scaring away sex workers from the voluntary organisations that are trying to control HIV and AIDS. Sex workers in Andhra Pradesh are “going into hiding” and are not accessible to NGOs for AIDS prevention programmes. Sex workers undergoing voluntary HIV testing and the use of condoms were key to checking the spread of AIDS. State sex workers rank third in the prevalence of HIV in the country..