MAP Report 2005: Sex Workand HIV/AIDS in Asia

People who buy and sell sex pose one of the high-risk behaviours for HIV exposure in Asia. It is therefore essential for HIV prevention interventions to take into account the nature of the Asian sex industry. The purpose of this booklet is twofold: 1. to summarize what researchers have learned about the epidemiology of HIV/AIDS within Asian commercial sex networks; and, 2. to discuss the programmatic implications of those findings.