Brazil's prostitutes campaign against AIDS

The Washington Post profiles prostitutes in Rio de Janeiro that are actively campaigning to spread information about sexually transmitted diseases and to distribute condoms and information about AIDS. USAID has refused to declare Brazil eligible for grants to combat AIDS because the US government disapproves of such activities, and because the Brazilian government refused to 'formally state that prostitution is dehumanizing and degrading'. (WAPO)

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