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Will the legalisation of street sex work improve health?
  1. A N Morton1,
  2. S N Tabrizi2,
  3. S M Garland3,
  4. P J Lee4,
  5. P E Reid5,
  6. C K Fairley6
  1. 1Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, 580 Swanston Street, Carlton, Victoria, 3053, Australia
  2. 2Molecular Microbiology Laboratory, Royal Women’s Hospital, 132 Grattan Street, Carlton, Victoria, 3053, Australia
  3. 3Royal Women’s and Royal Children’s Hospitals, 132 Grattan Street, Carlton, Victoria, 3053, Australia
  4. 4Inner South Community Health Service, 18 Mitford Street, St Kilda, Victoria, 3184, Australia
  5. 5Inner South Community Health Service, 18 Mitford Street, St Kilda, Victoria, 3184, Australia
  6. 6University of Melbourne and Director of Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, 580 Swanston Street, Carlton, Victoria, 3053, Australia
  1. Correspondence to:
 Anna Morton, Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, 580 Swanston Street, Carlton, Victoria, 3053, Australia;
 amorton{at}mshc.org.au

https://doi.org/10.1136/sti.78.4.309

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    The legalisation and regulation of street sex work in Victoria, Australia, is likely to improve the health of street sex workers and their clients.

    In Victoria, street sex work is illegal. In comparison, brothel and escort agency sex work is legal, and these individuals are required by law to have monthly certification of STI screening. Any incident infections are detected early and treated so that the prevalence of STIs is low.1 There is no such requirement for street sex workers, who have …

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