Issue 138 - June 2008: What Universal Access means for Women and Girls
HIV and AIDS remains a serious challenge confronting humanity. At a time when the world's attention is drawn to food crisis, energy crisis and climate change, the daily challenges of living with and responding to HIV remain a constant in many communities. An estimated 33.2 million people are living with HIV, of which 15.4 million are women. In sub-Saharan Africa, the feminisation of the pandemic is more evident as nearly 61% of people living with HIV are women.
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- English version: HIV and AIDS: What Universal Access means for Women and Girls
- French version: VIH et SIDA: la signification de l’Action Universelle pour les femmes
- Spanish version: VIH y SIDA: Qué significa la acción universal para niñas y mujeres