Sharp rise in sexually transmitted diseases among female sex workers in Pokhara

Study among 364 workers shows over 44 percent of female sex workers are employed in Dohori restaurants, followed by 17.5 percent from cabin restaurants and 15 percent in massage centres.

There has been a sharp rise in sexually transmitted diseases, especially syphilis, among female sex workers in Pokhara, according to an integrated biological and behavioural surveillance carried out by the Nepal Health Research Council in 2023.