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Commercial sex workers plea on ARVs

Medication of ARV(an antiretroviral drug) for treating HIV infection. [Courtesy]

Sex workers in the county want the national government to urgently provide them with ARVs. They say any further delay is putting their lives at risk.

Jane, a 34-year-old female sex worker in Mbita town says she has been living with the virus since 2012 and currently depends on ARV drugs from Mbita Drop-In Center (DIC) that was established by Impact Research and Development Organisation, for supporting the key population comprising female sex workers, men who have sex with men and people who inject drugs.

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