World AIDS Day Focusing on Women
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AIDS is spreading faster among women than men in most parts of the world, the United Nations said Wednesday in its annual report marking World AIDS Day.
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Women make up nearly half of infected adults worldwide, the United Nations said in issuing its annual report on AIDS.
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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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In Indiana, 21 percent of the people with HIV - the virus that leads to AIDS - are women, while 12 percent of those with AIDS are female.
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Each year on Dec. 1, World AIDS Day is commemorated around the globe. It celebrates progress made in the battle against the disease and brings into focus the challenges that remain.
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Hundreds of Indians demonstrated on Friday to demand new HIV drugs, while health workers in Muslim-majority Indonesia marked World AIDS Day by handing out condoms to prostitutes for safe sex.
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&quot;We urgently need a long-term approach to the HIV epidemic that addresses the specific needs of women. Women In developing countries are increasingly more vulnerable than men to HIV and AIDS.
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Any effort to battle the AIDS epidemic must focus on changing the fate of women by educating them, helping them own property and giving
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UNAIDS and the Global Coalition for Women and AIDS to mark world Human Rights Day on Friday concluded their gender violence activism campaign, which aimed to raise awareness of the &quot;links between gender-based violence and the spread of HIV infection
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New Delhi: Concerned over the stigma faced by HIV+ women who are not yet suffering from AIDS, the National Commission for Women (NCW) today called for creating awareness among health workers and the general public that all HIV+ cases do not develop into
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Protecting the rights of women is a matter of fairness, social stability and public health. Improving the overall societal treatment of women and girls is one way to control the AIDS epidemic worldwide.
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UNAIDS and the Global Coalition for Women and AIDS recently concluded their &quot;16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence&quot; campaign, aimed at raising awareness of the &quot;links between gender-based violence and the spread of HIV infection&quot;.
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A new United Nations report shows women and girls are hardest hit by the AIDS pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa. Today&#39;s (Tuesday&#39;s) report says women account for 57 percent of people living with HIV -- the
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(OTTUMWA) Many around the world and in Ottumwa are holding special ceremonies for &quot;World AIDS Day,&quot; a special global event dedicated to remembering victims of AIDS, learning more about the devastating effects of the disease and reaffirming the commitment
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In 1988, when World AIDS Day began, 10 million people worldwide were living with AIDS. Today, nearly 40 million men, women and children are HIV positive.
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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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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.. Nearly half of the 37.2 million