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NGO Urges Better Access to Health Services for Sexual Minorities
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6/18/2025
Local NGO Know HIV by Heart is urging the government and private enterprises to help create more transparent sexual health and HIV prevention resources for at-risk groups, including sex workers and transgender people.
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It's been nearly four decades since Taiwan reported its first HIV case.
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And while sexual health awareness around gay men has grown since then,
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sex workers and transgender people still fall outside of the discussion.
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A new white paper report from local NGO Non-HIV by Heart
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finds that many from these marginalized groups
00:18
lack knowledge of how to prevent or get help for HIV,
00:21
and the barrier to public resources and professional help persists.
00:30
Sex workers are at high risk of contracting HIV,
00:47
and physicians are often more likely to prescribe them pre-exposure medication like PrEP.
00:52
But without a legal way to prove their work status
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and a hesitancy among sex workers to see doctors,
00:57
many do not get access to these treatments.
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And for transgender people,
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there are added risks of taking PrEP as they undergo transition.
01:21
Advocates in the medical and research field today
01:24
say structural changes are needed to spark more public discussions about sexual health,
01:29
including those around prevention and treatment.
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民间团体的话主要就是整合这些资源,
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然后直接是服务它面对的这些社群朋友.
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民间团体的力量其实不够,
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其实我们还是会需要说工单位的这些资源之外,
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其实我觉得来自私人的这些,
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比如说企业啊,这些资源,
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其实也很重要.
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Professionals today hope with more help from the public and private stakeholders,
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they will be able to guide more minority individuals
01:58
to the medical help they need and ensure their safety at work.
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Ryan Wu, Nairing Lin, in Taipei, for Taiwan Plus.
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