*Ø* Aids becomes 'disease of women'
From The Independent:
"The worst epidemic in human history is spreading round the world at an accelerating rate and is increasingly affecting women.
"Latest figures show that 4.8 million people became infected with HIV last year -- the highest number in any year since the Aids epidemic began. The total living with HIV/Aids rose to 37.8 million and there were 2.9 million deaths.
"Peter Piot, executive director of UNAids, which published its fourth biennial report on the disease yesterday, said Aids was becoming 'more and more a disease of women'. Having largely affected men in its early stages, the proportion of women infected had risen to almost 50 per cent globally and to 57 per cent in sub-Saharan Africa."
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From The Independent:
"The worst epidemic in human history is spreading round the world at an accelerating rate and is increasingly affecting women.
"Latest figures show that 4.8 million people became infected with HIV last year -- the highest number in any year since the Aids epidemic began. The total living with HIV/Aids rose to 37.8 million and there were 2.9 million deaths.
"Peter Piot, executive director of UNAids, which published its fourth biennial report on the disease yesterday, said Aids was becoming 'more and more a disease of women'. Having largely affected men in its early stages, the proportion of women infected had risen to almost 50 per cent globally and to 57 per cent in sub-Saharan Africa."
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