Gender mainstreaming in HIV/AIDS : seminar proceedings from the Satellite Session held during the 7th AIDS Impact Conference, Cape Town, 2005

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Title:

Author:

Human Sciences Research Council. Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS and Health.

ISBN:

9780796921215

Publication Information:

Cape Town : Humans Sciences Research Council, c2005.

Physical Description:

vi, 63 p. : ports. ; 21 cm.

General Note:

"Compiled by the Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS and Health (SAHA) Research Programme of the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) on behalf of all the partners in the Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research Alliance (SAHARA)."

Subject Term:

HIV-positive persons -- Sex differences.

Discrimination in medical care -- Prevention.

AIDS (Disease) in women.

Added Corporate Author:

Human Sciences Research Council. Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS and Health.

Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research Alliance.

Added Conference Author:

AIDS Impact Conference (7th : 2005 : Cape Town, South Africa).

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Summary

Current trends of HIV transmission and prevalence clearly show that the epidemic is fuelled by gender-based vulnerabilities. Close to 60 per cent of adults living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa are women, and almost 75 per cent of young people living with HIV in southern Africa are female.