{"id":28439,"date":"2014-10-10T13:44:30","date_gmt":"2014-10-10T05:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=28439"},"modified":"2014-10-10T13:45:11","modified_gmt":"2014-10-10T05:45:11","slug":"hiv-infected-sex-trade-worker-gives-health-officials-the-slip-in-bicol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/10\/10\/hiv-infected-sex-trade-worker-gives-health-officials-the-slip-in-bicol\/","title":{"rendered":"HIV-infected sex-trade worker gives health officials the slip in Bicol"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_9516\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9516\" style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/shutterstock_175229834.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9516\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/shutterstock_175229834.jpg\" alt=\"Shutterstock photo\" width=\"470\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/shutterstock_175229834.jpg 470w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/shutterstock_175229834-282x300.jpg 282w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9516\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shutterstock photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>NAGA CITY, Philippines\u2014 A female sex-trade worker who tested positive for the HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) has disappeared from the radar of health authorities in the province of Albay. A government doctor said that the woman was last he was last spotted this year in Bato and Nabua towns, in the province of Camarines Sur.<\/p>\n<p>The HIV-infected woman was described by Dr. Ferchito L. Avelino, head of the Philippine National AIDS Council, as fair-skinned, in her 20\u2019s, 1.5 meters (5 feet) in height, with a tattoo on her left breast. She tested positive for the virus at the start of this year, Dr. Avelino said at a meeting of the Naga City AIDS Council.<\/p>\n<p>According to Avelino, authorities urged the woman to stop working in the sex-trade industry, but she did not respond to their unction. They learned that she had left Albay for Camarines Sur before losing track of her whereabouts.<\/p>\n<p>The doctor added that it is a problem to get HIV-positive sex workers to stop their sex trade, as it is a challenge to provide alternative means of livelihood away from the sex industry. This, in turn, bears a significant impact on curbing the spread of the virus.<\/p>\n<p>Avelino was part of the team that studied the spread of HIV in the country. He pointed out that HIV cases are on the rise in the Philippines, particularly in a certain industrial area of Metro Manila, which the team discovered to be a hotspot for nighttime sex orgies.<\/p>\n<p>HIV spread is commonly attributed to unsafe sex practices, unprotected group sex, sharing of needles among drug users, and sometimes through blood transfusions, Avelino said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAGA CITY, Philippines\u2014 A female sex-trade worker who tested positive for the HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) has disappeared from the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":9516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,37,95],"tags":[3664,4552,3075,8166],"class_list":["post-28439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-health","category-news-ph","tag-aids","tag-bicol","tag-hiv","tag-sex-trade-worker","mauthors-angie-duarte","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}