Reducing the vulnerability of women engaged in sex work

Lesotho Planned Parenthood Association (LPPA) with funds from Japan Trust Fund identified sex workers in the towns of Maseru and Maputsoe. The identified sex workers were given training on HIV and AIDS and STIs. They were given free health services for a period of two years from 2011 to 2012. LPPA health related services are normally paid for, but these sex workers were offered free services as a way of encouraging them to access health services. This was done with the realisation that they are very reluctant to seek medical attention even when there is a need. The project has above all provided sex workers with income generating projects of their choice

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