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Contributor [1]
Thursday, October 2, 2003 - 03:00
Categories: 
Health & HIV/AIDS [2]
Issue Number: 
126 [3]
Article-Summary: 

Current statistics reveal that an estimated 29 million people in sub-Saharan Africa are living with HIV/AIDS. About 58 percent of those infected are women. Gender experts have often maintained that traditions and cultural stereotypes are a major stumbling block in the fight against the pandemic.

Category: 
Food & Health [4]
Oldurl: 
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/hivaids/17431 [5]
Country: 
Kenya [6]

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