Title: Women shoulder growing HIV / AIDS burden.

POPLINE Document Number: 276997

Author(s):

Voelker R

Source citation:

JAMA. Journal of the American Medical Association, 2005 Jan 19;293(3):281-282.

Abstract:

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. In a recent report, released days before World AIDS Day on December 1, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organization warned that the pandemic cannot be tamed without expanded prevention programs and changes in social norms that currently deprive women of basic rights in many developing countries. "In every single region, the percentage of women among people living with HIV is going up," said Peter Piot, MD, PhD, executive director of UNAIDS. "We have to put women at the heart of the response to AIDS if we want to stop this epidemic." (excerpt)

Keywords:

Asia
Europe, Eastern
Critique
Evaluation
HIV Positive Persons
Women in Development
Sex Workers
Migrants
HIV Infections
Prevalence
International Migration
HIV Prevention
Violence
Developing Countries
Europe
Viral Diseases
Diseases
Economic Development
Economic Factors
Sex Behavior
Behavior
Migration
Population Dynamics
Demographic Factors
Population
Measurement
Research Methodology