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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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00:00It's been nearly four decades since Taiwan reported its first HIV case.
00:04And while sexual health awareness around gay men has grown since then,
00:08sex workers and transgender people still fall outside of the discussion.
00:12A new white paper report from local NGO Non-HIV by Heart
00:15finds that many from these marginalized groups
00:18lack knowledge of how to prevent or get help for HIV,
00:21and the barrier to public resources and professional help persists.
00:30Sex workers are at high risk of contracting HIV,
00:47and physicians are often more likely to prescribe them pre-exposure medication like PrEP.
00:52But without a legal way to prove their work status
00:54and a hesitancy among sex workers to see doctors,
00:57many do not get access to these treatments.
01:01And for transgender people,
01:02there are added risks of taking PrEP as they undergo transition.
01:21Advocates in the medical and research field today
01:24say structural changes are needed to spark more public discussions about sexual health,
01:29including those around prevention and treatment.
01:31民间团体的话主要就是整合这些资源,
01:34然后直接是服务它面对的这些社群朋友.
01:39民间团体的力量其实不够,
01:41其实我们还是会需要说工单位的这些资源之外,
01:45其实我觉得来自私人的这些,
01:48比如说企业啊,这些资源,
01:50其实也很重要.
01:52Professionals today hope with more help from the public and private stakeholders,
01:56they will be able to guide more minority individuals
01:58to the medical help they need and ensure their safety at work.
02:02Ryan Wu, Nairing Lin, in Taipei, for Taiwan Plus.

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