Sex workers have been asked to use contraceptives and employ the usage of condoms as a way of protection during sexual encounters with their clients.
During a consultative meeting on Saturday with Kisumu-based journalists at the Kisumu Medical and Education Trust, KMET offices at Tom Mboya Estate in Kisumu on Saturday, KMET Director Apamo John noted that most sex workers in the lakeside city are not on contraceptives and are normally impregnated by different men.
“We have noticed that the number of sex workers who normally conceive and give birth to HIV positive babies is on the rise hence raising the rate of the infection’s prevalence in the county. This makes the innocent babies suffer as they are born with the virus and end up dying from then virus,” said Apamo.
The Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) worker appealed to the sex workers through their representatives who were also present during the meeting to use protection during their sexual encounters to help prevent the HIV/AIDS infection.
He urged the sex workers to use contraceptives to prevent unwanted pregnancies saying that there is need to reduce the number of cases of child deaths from the infection.
“We have to collectively look into how we can reduce the number of births of already infected babies by enlightening