SOME 5,000 PROSTITUTES UNDERWENT MEDICAL EXAMINATION AND TREATMENT
UNDER PROGRAM MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES OF BELGIUM IN VILLAGE OF
BAGRATASHEN, TAVUSH REGION, ARMENIA
YEREVAN, MARCH 10. ARMINFO. Some 5,000 prostitutes underwent medical
examination and treatment under the program Medecins Sans Frontieres
(MSF) of Belgium in the village of Bagratashen, Tavush region,
Armenia, Press Secretary of MSF Mission to Armenia Pyotr Maghdashyan
informs ARMINFO.
According to the source, the program implemented since 2002 was aimed
at improvement of the situation with diseases transmitted through
sexual intercourse and is designed for five years. Maghdashyan
said that MSF provides both prostitutes and local residents with
free contraceptives and holds examinations of sexually transmitted
diseases. An anonymous source informs ARMINFO that in the village
of Bagratashen bordering with Georgia the trade with “live goods” is
rather active. Souteneurs recruit the local “butterflies” transporting
them to Turkey and United Arab Emirates for prostitution.