Communication Methods For Hiv / Aids Prevention - 1336 Words

In Botswana, the government pushes the â€Å"ABC strategy† (Ntseane, p. 17) for HIV/AIDS prevention. â€Å"ABC† stands for abstain from sex, be faithful, or always use condoms. The government tried to get Africans to follow through with one of these three choices. These communication methods reduce HIV/AIDS infection rates since it informs the citizens of the issues and on how to prevent infection. However, sex workers will disregard this information because they have no other choice. The government also tried supplying free condoms through this program in order to reduce HIV prevalence in Botswana. Although researchers concluded that â€Å"sex workers education programmes and free condoms in South Africa have not stopped commercial workers from having†¦show more content†¦Although it will help a lot of struggling women, moral reasons will keep sex work from becoming legal. Different approaches will need to be taken since a majority of politicians and citizens will refuse to make sex work legal due to their morals. These women must have their needs met through different measures, since the government will not be able to get too involved. Another strategy that the women interviewed came up with was alternative employment options. They wanted access to some sort of job that would pay enough so they could support themselves and their children. Sex workers believed that an intervention that focussed on supplying alternative jobs would be successful. Clearly the sex workers did not like the position they were in, and they needed a job that could replace their sex work. With little to no employment opportunities, combined with a low levels of education, â€Å"casual and full-time sex work is the only viable source of livelihood† (Ntseane, 17). However, this could be challenging as the job will have to pay more than the sex work to get the women completely away from sex working. Although, for the most part, this strategy will decrease th e amount of sex work which in turn will lower the prevalence rates. Also, some of these women were supported their unemployed boyfriends. So this intervention will could potentially