 Prostitutes themselves are generally opposed to what they see as "theft of their livelihood"

Despite the depth of knowledge of HIV/AIDS, rapid transmission has occurred globally in sex workers.The relationship between these two variables greatly increases the risk of transmission among these populations, and also to anyone associated with them, such as their sexual partners, their children, and eventually the population at large.Many street-level harm-reduction strategies have succeeded in reducing HIV transmission in injecting drug users and sex-workers.