Call center agents prone to HIV-AIDS

It’s been a while we’re reading and hearing news regarding call center agents prone of having HIV-AIDS. A health official said “call center agents have a higher risk of acquiring Human Immune Virus-Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV-AIDS)”. Why is it so? As i have been in this this industry for almost 4 years now, am curious to know why this issue coming up, is it one of the main reason why the number of aids victim in the country soars high every day? One of the reason explained by Dr. Crisol Tabajero, Health Information and Research Coordinator of the DOH Region 7 said in forum, that because of our environment and peer pressure, call center agents tend to involve in risky sexual behaviors. I’ve watch the interview of a certain team leader in a TV program, wherein he admits that he had almost sexual intercourse everyday with different women, this might only show that more call center workers/agents have had casual sex experience to their co workers. If it does it exist, this should be a wake up call to BPO companies to address the risky behaviors of their call center agents up to the higher management.