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HIV in women: liberal attitudes
November 25, 2004
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.
The battle against AIDS is at a critical stage in Asia after a sharp rise in
infections driven by the booming sex industry has left more than eight million
people living with HIV.
"The trend is going in the wrong direction," Mark Stirling, director of the
UNAIDS Africa support team, said in Nairobi.
An estimated 25.4 million people are infected in Africa, up from 25 million
last year. More than 2 million adults and children died from AIDS-related
illnesses on the continent this year.
In Eastern Europe and central Asia, there are 1.4million people living with
HIV, an increase of 40 per cent from 2002. A resurgence in the epidemic in
Ukraine and Russia – which has 860,000 people infected with HIV, the largest
number in Europe – was to blame, the report said.
The rise was even sharper in east Asia, with a 50 per cent jump since 2002 – to
1.1 million cases of HIV – attributed mainly to a growing problem in China.
More female teenagers are at risk of HIV infection due to more liberal
attitudes toward having sex at much younger ages with different casual partners
and not using protection.
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