HIV/Aids Crisis Caused by Gender Imbalance / By Milton Olupot.

* ?Crisis de VIH/SIDA causada por desigualdad de género / por: Milton
Olupot.
Voir: http://ww2.aegis.org/news/nv/2002/NV020311.html.

* « Crise de VIH/SIDA causée par inégalités entre les sexes » / par : Milton
Olupot. Voir: http://ww2.aegis.org/news/nv/2002/NV020311.html.

New Vision (Kampala) - March 13, 2002
GENDER inequality is the root of the AIDS crisis, a conference on HIV/AIDS
held in Kampala over the weekend, was told. The recent trends show more
women
becoming infected at a very early age. The conference also heard that
HIV/AIDS will surpass the bubonic plague as history's worst pandemic. The
Hunger Project chief, Ms. Joan Holmes, said if the 40 million people living
with HIV or AIDS do not get life-prolonging drugs, AIDS will surpass the
bubonic plague. Presenting the basic facts on AIDS at the two-day meeting at
the International Conference Centre, Holmes said AIDS has become the most
devastating disease humankind has ever faced and experts predict that the
worst is still to come. She said the cumulative number of people estimated
to
be infected with HIV worldwide is over 60 million since the beginning of the
pandemic and almost 50% of them got infected before the age of 25. The
report
says most of the infected people will die before their 35th birthday, while
95% of the new infections are in the world's poorest countries where the
ability to provide prevention and care is limited. Eight African countries
took part in the conference, under the theme, "AIDS and gender inequality:
Action at the grassroots." They included Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Malawi,
Mozambique, Senegal, Zimbabwe and Uganda.

Source: AEGIS March 13, 2002 http://ww2.aegis.org/news/nv/2002/NV020311.html