20% of Zimbabwe's sex workers HIV+

THE Centre for Sexual Health and HIV AIDS Research on Monday revealed that least 20% of sex workers are HIV positive with calls being made to include this key sector in the country's HIV and AIDS programming.

According to AllAfrica, Sibongile Mtetwa of the Sexual Health rights lobby group said if not included in the national HIV programming, sex workers would continue to spread the virus.

"According to the statistics we have from 2009 up to 2015, there are 52,214 sex workers throughout the country," she said.

"26,090 of them have tested for Sexually Transmitted Infections TIs, and 10,922 have tested positive for HIV.

"There are 4,060 who have been referred for further HIV management."