East African Standard examines how suppliers of fish women in Kenya to have sex to fish, to catch the risk of HIV infection
The Kenya African Standard on Saturday examined how hundreds of women in the country, who live along Lake Victoria through the seated themselves at risk of HIV infection into prostitution with the fishermen to fish. According to Judy Atieno, a fishmonger at a local beach, because there are not enough fish for the sellers, some women in the sex trade in fish when the fishermen arrive with their catch. There is a lot of poverty here on these beaches and this exposes women to HIV / AIDS, said Atieno.Many women go to different beaches, in practice, and should devote more sexual partners, according to George Onginjo - a mobilization officer with Merlin, a UK non-governmental health. Some vendors are also involved in sexual relationships with the drivers of public transport so that
their fish can be transported more quickly. Merlin is the issue by mobilizing the community to form a theater group. The group uses participatory educational theater to perform skits, dances and songs associated with HIV / AIDS.After the show, the public can ask questions and discuss issues concerning the practice of engaging in sex of fish and Bertha Ouma, an officer to change the behavior of the organization, distributes condoms in places. Since the program began, more people have taken an HIV test Onginjo said. In addition, people increasingly to overcome the stigma and the search for voluntary counseling and testing, according Atieno (Okoth, East African Standard, 11/11).Reprinted with permission from Kaisernetwork. You can view the entire Report Kaiser Daily HealthPolicy, search the archives, or sign up for email delivery at Kaisernetwork / dailyreports / healthpolicy. Kaiser Health Policy Report is published for Kaisernetwork Journal, a free service of the J. Henry Kaiser Family Foundation. 2005 Advisory Board Company and Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.