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Siaya twilight girls plead with county to step in after exit of local NGO - The Standard

Siaya twilight girls plead with county to step in after exit of local NGO - The Standard

Siaya twilight girls plead with county to step in after exit of local NGO - The Standard
Sep 19, 2021 1 min, 8 secs

Female sex workers at Duruma Road, Nairobi.

More than 2,500 female sex workers are calling on the county government to step in following the exit of a non-governmental organisation which has been supporting them in the fight against HIV/Aids.

The sex workers have been drawing support from Impact Research and Development Organization (IRDO) which exited the county about a week ago.

Through the organisation's support, the sex workers have been getting Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) drugs and female condoms free of charge.  The drugs are taken before sex to prevent HIV infection in case they get exposed to HIV.

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The workers also used to benefit from Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) drugs, which are used after suspected exposure to HIV.

Further, many of them have been getting the Antiretroviral (ARV) drugs free of charge at designated places where.

And now the female sex workers are appealing to the county to find alternative ways of helping them.

“Most of us have been able to protect ourselves from contracting HIV because of the drugs and condoms which we were getting from the NGO,” said Joyce, a female sex worker in Mbita town

The organisation has exited after 13 years in the area

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