HIV and AIDS rate among female sex workers came down from 2.75% in 2013 to 1.6% in 2017
Current Affairs:-The extent of Indian sex laborers with HIV/AIDS declined more than four years to 2017, more use condoms than any other time in recent memory and financing to control the ailment rose 21% over the period, as per an IndiaSpend investigation of national wellbeing information.
However, there seems, by all accounts, to be little change in viciousness, disgrace and oppression sex laborers, how Indian states treat them fluctuates, and subsidizing and medications are not constantly accessible when and where they ought to be.
Over 91% of Indian sex laborers utilized condoms in 2018, and close to 1.6% of female sex laborers had HIV (human immunodeficieny infection) and (AIDS) in 2017, down from 2.75% in 2013, reflecting a decrease reflected among the all inclusive community, as indicated by the most recent accessible information.
More than four years to 2017, the “HIV pervasiveness rate”, the level of individuals tried and found contaminated, among men who engage in sexual relations with men likewise dropped from 4.4% to 2.7%, said a 2018 report from UNAIDS, a United Nations association, and India’s National AIDS Control Organization (NACO).
Starting at 2017, India had a sum of 2.17 million individuals living with HIV. New contaminations dropped 27% more than seven years to 2017- – from 120,000 to 88,000.
“This demonstrates HIV predominance is diminishing among sex laborers,” said a NACO delegate, talking on state of obscurity.
Female and transgender sex laborers and men who engage in sexual relations with men are viewed as high-chance gatherings in deciding HIV/AIDS pervasiveness.
“All around, sex laborers are multiple times more in danger of contracting HIV, when contrasted with the all inclusive community, since they are monetarily defenseless, incapable to arrange reliable condom use, and experience savagery, criminalisation and minimization,” said a recent report by UNAIDS.
Aditi Mehta 