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How the other 80% lives
This is a picture from the balcony of the AIDS testing and counseling center we visited today. It is literally between the city's truck yard and this slum neighborhood area. The center takes advantage of people from these communities to be the motivators and educators for their communities, paying them a monthly wage for their help. These people, called Community Health Educators are members of populations identified as "female sex workers" (FSW), "injecting drug users" (IDU), and "men who have sex with men" (MSM.) These are the highest-risk groups for HIV, and in just under two years, the center has successfully counseled and tested 1,525 members of these communities for HIV, 53 having positive results.
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