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Abstract from the Int Conf AIDS. 2004 Jul 11-16; 15: abstract no. WePeC6224. Issues: Female sex workers (FSWs) are considered to be one of the high-risk groups driving the epidemic of HIV/AIDS because of exposure to multiple partners and inconsistent use of condoms. Poverty has also been fingered as a twin problem militating against the effective prevention and impact mitigation of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria among this group. This study aimed at assessing the knowledge, attitude and practice of sex workers in relation to HIV/AIDS and poverty. Unlike the situation a few decades ago, commercial sex in Addis Ababa has increasingly