Threat of AIDS to women explained
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omen and girls are especially vulnerable to the AIDS virus and need to take steps so they don&#39;t get infected, speakers at a World AIDS Day event in Louisville said yesterday.
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The trafficking of young girls who are forced to work as prostitutes has been identified as a key factor in the steep rise in Aids in India.
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1145CET--As the World Aids Day is being celebrated around the world, females are being encouraged to be knowledgeable and self-confident to protect themselves from HIV/AIDS.
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The United States is endangering the lives of millions of women because of its policy of teaching that sexual abstinence is the best way to fight AIDS, women&#39;s health experts said on Thursday.
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More African women than men contract HIV, and, worldwide, women reportedly account for one-half of the infections. The International Center for Research on Women
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This yearâs global celebration of World AIDS Day focuses on women and girls who form almost half of the estimated 37.5 million people living with the human immnunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV-AIDS).
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Improving women's rights could boost the battle against AIDS in southern African countries, where women are often forced into risky sex by male partners or economic desperation, a new report said on Friday.
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China, India and Russia are on the brink of an Africa-style Aids epidemic that could devastate the global economy and international security, the head of the UN Aids project has warned.
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AIDS advocates and health workers on Wednesday marked World AIDS Day by focusing on gender inequalities that can lead to an increased risk of HIV infection among women and girls, the AP/Long Island Newsday reports (AP/Long Island Newsday, 12/1).
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A worldwide "pandemic" of violence against women is fueling the spread of HIV/AIDS, human rights group Amnesty International said Wednesday.
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The new epicenter of the global AIDS pandemic is Asia, and its new faces are Asia&#39;s young girls and women. This was highlighted by a recent United Nations report on HIV/AIDS and the theme
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HIV (human immunodeficiency infection) tends to spread among women at a far greater speed than among men, a new report reveals. The &quot;feminization&quot; of AIDS appears to reflect a maturing of the epidemic, said
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ALMOST half of all Aids sufferers are now women and the number infected is increasing in every region of the world, according to a UN report published yesterday.
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Amnesty said that mass rape and sexual violence during times of conflict put women at a much greater risk of contracting the disease.
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On Thursday, attendees at Countdown 2015, a conference in London focused on sexual and reproductive health and rights, say the Bush administration&#39;s international policies are leading to the spread of HIV among women around the world and also are causing
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Every Dec. 1, the United Nations spearheads commemorations of the global AIDS epidemic. This year, the focus is on women and girls.
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Some 47 percent of the 45 million people worldwide infected with HIV are female, according to the World Health Organization. The United Nations spearheads commemoration of the global AIDS epidemic every December