the number of commercial sex workers (MCC) in Bali were infected with HIV / AIDS has reached 25 percent.

the number of commercial sex workers (MCC) in Bali were infected with HIV / AIDS has reached 25 percent.



Transmission of HIV / AIDS on the island through sexual contact is high. Data from the Bali Provincial Health Office, 75 percent of the modes of transmission of HIV / AIDS in Bali is through heterosexual contact, 11 percent of homosexuals, while others such as transmission through needle just under ten percent.

Unhealthy sexual behavior especially in the prostitution affect the rapid spread of HIV / AIDS in Bali. According to the Chairman of the Working Group (WG) Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Prov KPA Bali, Prof. I Dewa Nyoman Wirawan, the number of commercial sex workers (MCC) in Bali were infected with HIV / AIDS has reached 25 percent.

The number of sex workers in Bali at this time there were approximately 8,000 people and is divided into two categories, direct and indirect. "The immediate in the sense that his work as a prostitute only about 3,000 people, while those who do not directly work in the cafe, bar, spa, salon and an occasional 'serve' there are 5,000," said Wirawan as a speaker in a media briefing AIDS Community Care Journalists (KJPA) Bali, in Denpasar, on Saturday (19/01/2012) yesterday.

Than 25 percent of sex workers are infected with HIV, 20 percent are directly PSK category while 5 per cent for indirect categories. To suppress the spread of HIV / AIDS among sex workers, Wirawan now aggressively campaigning for healthy sex by using condoms.