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Alarm over rise in sex workers, high HIV infection rates

Commercial sex workers line up at night [David Njaaga, Standard]

Commercial sex workers are being blamed for the spike in HIV infections in Taita Taveta county. The National Aids and STI Control Programme (Nascop) says the county has more than 2,880 female commercial sex workers.

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