Background
One of the primary concerns of the Millennium Development Goals is to combat and reverse the spread of the HIV/AIDS. An estimated three million people in Nigeria live with AIDS, and current research suggests that unprotected sex accounts for about 90 per cent of the infections among adolescent girls, economically disadvantaged women and commercial sex workers who constitute the high risk group. The paper considers more effective and equitable ways to contain the spread of the virus, especially among the socially excluded group of female commercial sex workers in Nigeria.