Africa: Zaire: General info

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Prostitution in: Zaire

General Information about country, people, geography and climate can be
gotten from the CIA World Factbook entry.

Legal Situation: Prostitution unknown.

The age of consent: unknown.

Specific information

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Subject: PROSTITUTION BOOM BOOSTS AIDS RISK IN ZAIRE

Reuters 12/19/94:

An increasing number of women in Zaire are turning to casual
prostitution, thus providing a breeding ground for AIDS. Because
Zaire's recession is leaving many men without work and because an
8,500 percent annual inflation rate is undermining living
standards,
women of all ages have become prostitutes. Researchers estimate
that
7 percent to 8 percent of the general population and as much as 40
percent of prostitutes in Zaire are now HIV-infected. In a
sample
group of 1,000 prostitutes tested over a period of 30 months, 27
percent who were HIV-negative at the beginning of the study had
become infected by the end. Doctors blame ignorance about HIV and
AIDS on a cultural reluctance to speak openly of sex and on the
lack
of media coverage.