HIV infected women outnumber men
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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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Smokers may be at greater risk of HIV infection compared with non-smokers, research suggests.
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This Wednesday was the 17th Annual World AIDS Day. The theme for this yearâs event was âWomen, Girls, HIV and AIDS,â a demographic that makes up nearly half of the 39.4 million people who are infected
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In 2003, the rate of new AIDS cases for black women was 20 times that of white women and five times greater than the infection rate for Latinas, according to a CDC report.
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Women using a microbicide to prevent transmission of the AIDS virus become infected more often than those in a control group. In Sex Drive Daily.
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More women and children are taking the impact of HIV/AIDS in the world as the disease affects millions in the work force yearly, a report by the International Labor Organization (ILO) indicated.
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The number of HIV-positive women has increased rapidly worldwide over the past two years, according to a new United Nations (UN) study, but Pakistan is among countries where prevalence is low.
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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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PRETORIA -- The number of women infected with HIV is rising in every region of the world, according to a new UN report released yesterday, and top AIDS officials said long-used strategies to help prevent the spread of the deadly disease among women are woefully inadequate.
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It is hard to imagine now, but at the peak of her illness Ana Maria Muhai was a skeletal 29 kilos. Her husband left her and her neighbours shunned her when they realised she was HIV positive, leaving
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Women make up nearly half of the 37.2  million adults living with HIV and in sub-Saharan Africa the  proportion rises to almost 60 percent, according to a UN report  released on Tuesday.
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JOHANNESBURG, 26 November (IRIN) - South African women with violent or controlling male partners run a higher risk of HIV infection, according to a study published in the Lancet medical journal.
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THE number of women living with HIV has risen in each region of the world over the past two years, with the steepest increases in East Africa, followed by Eastern Europe and Central Asia, according to latest findings published in a report entitled: Aids
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An "increasing pool" of people in the UK are living with HIV and Aids, official statistics show.
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The first anti-AIDS vaginal gel to make it through late-stage testing failed to stop HIV infection in a study of 6,000 South African women
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The number of newly diagnosed HIV infections in gay and bisexual men has risen in many US states, according to a federal study on Wednesday which stoked concerns AIDS may be poised for a resurgence in the country.
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The Aids pandemic rampaging around the globe will not be stopped without radical social change to improve the lot of women and girls, who now look likely to die in greater numbers than men, United Nations agencies said yesterday.