Prostitution blamed for HIV spread in Haiti

A prostitute waits for clients in a poor neighborhood in Port-au-Prince in this file photo. According to a recent U.N. AIDS report, the primary way HIV is transmitted in the Caribbean is through paid, unprotected intercourse. There are 170,000 Haitians li

A prostitute waits for clients in a poor neighborhood in Port-au-Prince in this file photo. According to a recent U.N. AIDS report, the primary way HIV is transmitted in the Caribbean is through paid, unprotected intercourse. There are 170,000 Haitians living with the virus, according to U.N. AIDS latest figures.

______ AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini

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