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1,800 PROSTITUTES IN ARMENIA YEREVAN, JANUARY 30, ARMENPRESS:Some 900 women are engaged in prostitution in Yerevan, according to official figures. The number of such women across the country is 1,800, however, independent estimates put their number at about 8,000. A study conducted among these women revealed that only 30 percent of them have some knowledge about the dangers posed by AIDS, and about how to protect themselves against it. Though their majority said that condoms can serve as protection, but only 70 percent used condoms in the last 30 days before the survey. One of the reasons was that their clients did not want sex with condoms, another reason was absence of condoms at hand. Also 50 percent of these respondents suffered from venereal diseases.