Quang Nam strives to combat prostitution to prevent HIV/AIDS infection

The plan aims to strengthen activities to prevent, stop and eventually eliminate prostitution; create a strong change in awareness and action of all levels, sectors, social organizations and communities in the work of preventing and combating prostitution; improve the effectiveness of management work, and strengthen social services to support sex workers to integrate into the community.

Thereby, strengthening the prevention of HIV/AIDS infection and sexually transmitted diseases among people who buy and sell sex. Strictly handle violations and criminals who buy, sell, broker, harbor, and organize prostitution.

Specific objectives: More than 70% of employees working in service establishments prone to prostitution; 60% of workers in industrial parks and clusters; 70% of students in high schools, universities and vocationaltraining institutions are informed and disseminated about policies and laws, and provided with information and knowledge on prostitution prevention.

The Department of Health directed the Provincial Center for Disease Control to increase reception and create conditions for sex workers in the community to access preventive services, examination and treatment of HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases, Methadone addiction treatment program for drug-addicted sex workers; support localities to provide medical services for sex workers through model activities...

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