Twenty Four Male Clients Of Local Female Sex Workers Have Been Infected With HIV/AIDS Virus During Last Year(2014)-National STD/AIDS Control Campaign

Twenty Four Male Clients of the local Female Sex Workers have been infected with HIV/AIDS Virus during last year(2014) according to the National Sexually Transmitted Diseases(STD) /AIDS Control Programme.

This was the highest number of HIV/AIDS Positives reported from Sri Lanka in a single year who got infected with the HIV Virus through sexual contacts with female sex workers the Director of National Sexually Transmitted Diseases(STD)/AIDS  Control Programme Dr.Sisira Liyanage has said.

The venereal diseases including HIV/AIDS are on the increase among the age group 15-25 years due to the sexual contacts with female sex workers Dr.Liyanage has stressed.

According to the latest statistics available ,50% of the local  Female HIV/AIDS Positives and 35% of the Male HIV/AIDS Positives have been contacted the virus while in abroad for employment majority in Middle Eastern Countries Dr.Liyanage has further added.