William H.A. Willbond MSM, CD
ARVS FOR STDS
(Anti Retro Viral medicines for Sexually Transmitted Diseases)
Dr B did work in India
She preached a STD tale
Little girls are sold to Brothels
Eight year olds – they are for sale
Female babies are aborted
Because of modern machines
And young men have no women
When they grow into their teens
And so they visit brothels
Where they receive the virus Aids
The HIV sickness it is awful
They now go to early graves
60% of younger girls have the virus;
across the continent it’s spread.
Greater numbers in the population
will be prematurely dead
End stage HIV-ulcerated bodies
On thin torsos soon appear
And these poor young teenaged children
To the graves they disappear
ARVs for STDs are needed in each brothel town
Stigma is attached to these keeping the treatments down
India’s like an ostrich sticking it’s head into the sand
Putting an end to the child sex trade
Might be a good start Government plan!
©Copyright August 2, 2007 by William H.A. Willbond MSM, CD
- Dr B. – Doctor Bridget Stirling – my youngest daughter
HIV RAGES THROUGH INDIA’S TEEN SEX SLAVES
Times Colonist Wednesday August 1, 2007
Sixty per cent of girls 14 or younger forced into prostitution infected
BY JOHN DONNELLY
The Boston Globe
WASHINGTON — A rare glimpse into the harrowing lives of girls and women forced into India’s sex trade found that the youngest among them — girls age 14 or younger— faced another cruel risk from their bondage: 60 per cent became infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
The study, published in today’s issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, reviewed the health records of 287 Nepalese girls and young women who were lured into prostitution in several cities in India from 1997 to 2005. It found that 38 per cent of them tested positive for HIV when examined after they were rescued by Maiti Nepal, a nongovernmental organization based in Kathmandu.
The research yielded new insights on the dehumanizing conditions for females coerced into prostitution, then bought and sold around the world. The U.S. State Department estimates there are roughly 600,000 to 800,000 people who are trafficked globally in virtual slavery; 80 per cent are female.
Jay Silverman, the study’s lead author and an associate professor at the Harvard School of Public Health, said that Maiti
Nepal’s records revealed that the youngest of the prostitutes — girls who have yet to reach sexual maturity — were most at risk for contracting HIV.
“We came to realize that there seemed to be something happening with the youngest girls. Their experiences were qualitatively different,” Silverman said of the 33 girls who were found to have been forced into prostitution before age 15. “They were moved around much more, hidden much more, restrained. They seemed to be forced to sexually serve larger numbers of clients.”
More than a third of the youngest girls were forced to work in multiple brothels, compared with 12 per cent of older girls and women in the sex trade. The youngest girls also spent more time in brothels.
Moreover, the study noted another well-known reason for high HIV rates among the youngest sex slaves: because girls’ genital tracts are immature and more sensitive to trauma, they provide greater pathways for infection.
Silverman said the youngest of the Nepalese prostitutes often were the most sought after.