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Millions of women involved in commercial sex industry are at risk of contracting AIDS or HIV. Many of them were forced to do it or sold into this trade. It happens quite often that women are simply compelled into this work by just poverty and discrimination. Even local police rape them very often and such women are vulnerable to abuse and robbery. Their lives become shorter because of it.

Fortunately, there are examples in India, Thailand, etc. of successful rescues when police raided different brothels and took girls to rehab facilities. It should also be mentioned here that advocates denounce such operations and descourage the upcoming ones.

Another horrible fact is that there are many young girls who get into sex industry and they can’t speak the local language. It is simply impossible for them to negotiate safe sex. As you can see, such situations are desperate and people need help. There are many organizations that make money by sending people abroad. Governments should understand the importance of dealing with the problem of people trafficking and unsafe sex and undertake certain measures. These women deserve better treatment!

AIDS is the plague of our times. It is one of the most famous diseases without a cure up to this day. And even though AIDS victims have much easier lives nowadays with the development of new drugs, it is very difficult to predict when and if a real cure will be found. That’s why it is still very important for everyone to remember that once you get AIDS there is no getting rid of it for good. The goal for all of us is to stay healthy and be careful in everything we do.

So let us revise a little bit the AIDS dos and don’ts. First of all, AIDS doesn’t spread through physical contact such as a handshake, or an embrace. It mainly spreads thought sexual contact, contamination through blood, as well as from infected mother to her child. If possible HIV positive mothers should not breastfeed their children but they can feed other children and use a wet-nurse for their own. One of the most important things is to educate people about AIDS and health, to make people with the disease more comfortable in our society. If we are respective to the ones we love, if we are careful, educated and focused on staying healthy we can slow down the epidemic and eventually stop it.