HIV+ Maid Sleeps With 100 Rich Folks

A doctor treating HIV-positive patients has claimed that one of his patients has indulged in sexual relations with more than 100 partners “to take revenge” for her condition. Dr I S Gilada, who heads an AIDS clinic at Grant Road said that a 29-year-old woman from the Western suburbs has been visiting him since the

Thailand Has the Highest HIV Rate in SE Asia

Health experts in Thailand say the odds are stacked against them in combating one of the highest HIV prevalence rates in Asia, with only 2 percent of the country’s AIDS budget going on condoms. “The belief is that it is the responsibility of the people who want to buy sex that they have to protect

Ten Million Women Sell Sex to 75 Million Men in Asia

Ten million women sell sex to 75 million men, who then have sex with another 50 million people, according to the multinational Independent Commission on AIDS in Asia.   The technology is there to prevent infections, but punitive laws get in the way.   Asia’s AIDS epidemic is linked primarily to unprotected paid sex, but

Karachi Has More Than 100,000 Prostitutes

A prostitute born and brought up in Karachi’s Napier Road red-light district, Shumaila never heard about HIV and AIDS until recently. Today, she carries condoms but clients refuse to wear them. ‘None of us were aware about the danger of AIDS looming over us for years but now we all know and can avoid it,’