Local Brothels of Nigeria with HIV-Positive Pr0stitutes

Angels of Death: Inside the squalid brothels of Nigeria where tens of thousands of HIV-positive prostitutes are fueling an AIDS epidemic claiming 10 million lives a year

• Series of photographs shows sex workers in Lagos, Nigeria's largest city, living in squalid conditions

• Nearly a quarter of prostitutes in Nigeria have HIV, recent studies found

• Research into attitudes has found concerning attitudes toward condom use and safe sex

• There are an estimated 1.2 million people in Lagos living with HIV 

A series of photographs taken in the slums of Lagos shows the faces of sex workers living in squalid conditions.

And the images have a tragic undercurrent, with tens of thousands of people in the sex trade diagnosed with HIV each year, and millions dying from AIDS across Nigeria.

A survey conducted last year has also highlighted that attitudes towards condom use is helping the spread of the condition, and research suggests that nearly a quarter of Nigerian sex workers have HIV.