Knowledge and Practices about HIV/AIDS Among the Commercial Sex Workers in Bangladesh

Mahbubur Rahman; Tsuguya Fukui; M. Wali ul Islam

doi:10.2188/jea.8.181

Knowledge and Practices about HIV/AIDS Among the Commercial Sex Workers in Bangladesh

Mahbubur Rahman, Tsuguya Fukui, M. Wali ul Islam

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A survey on knowledge and practices of 228 Bangladeshi commercial sex workers (CSWs) concerning AIDS was conducted in the largest brothel in Narayangonj, 20 km from the capital Dhaka in September through December, 1993. Only 18% of the respondents heard about AIDS and 8% knew about its propensity to sexual transmission. AIDS was believed to be curable by 5% of the total respondents. None were regular condom users, but 8% said condom use could prevent HIV infection. Vigorous AIDS awareness campaigns for the CSWs and their clients, leading to regular condom use, is necessary to prevent an explosive epidemic in Bangladesh. J Epidemiol, 1998; 8: 181-183.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	181-183
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Epidemiology
Volume	8
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2188/jea.8.181
State	Published - 1998
Externally published	Yes

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AIDS
CSWs
HIV
brothels and condom

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Epidemiology

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