Women Shoulder Growing HIV/AIDS Burden

As Voelker expounds, the rapidly changing face of HIV/AIDS reflects a collection of diverse epidemics throughout the world that increasingly affects women and populations in Asia and Eastern Europe. Peter Piot, executive director of UNAIDS, said that in every single region, the percentage of women a...

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Published in:JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 2005-01, Vol.293 (3), p.281-282
Main Author: Voelker, Rebecca
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - epidemiology
Adolescent
Adult
AIDS
Child
Disease control
Epidemics
Female
Global Health
HIV
HIV Infections - epidemiology
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Public health
Sex Distribution
Sexual Behavior
Women
Women's Health
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Summary:As Voelker expounds, the rapidly changing face of HIV/AIDS reflects a collection of diverse epidemics throughout the world that increasingly affects women and populations in Asia and Eastern Europe. Peter Piot, executive director of UNAIDS, said that in every single region, the percentage of women among people living with HIV is going up. He also said that this has major implications which includes the need to expand prevention programs that focus on the "ABC approach" (abstinence, be faithful, condom use) to controlling HIV transmission.
ISSN:0098-7484
1538-3598
DOI:10.1001/jama.293.3.281