HIV/AIDS

Women are encouraged to seek HIV counseling and testing

Published in AIDS Weekly, July 19th, 2004

AIDS is the fifth leading killer of women aged 25-44 in the United States and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 180,000 to 280,000 Americans are unaware they are living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

The Society for Women's Health Research (SWHR) encourages women to visit their healthcare providers for HIV counseling, testing, and appropriate medical care should they test positive.

"Women need to be especially careful," said Sherry Marts, PhD, SWHR vice president for scientific affairs. "Women are more than twice as likely to contract HIV from an infected male sexual partner as males are likely to contract it...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2004-07-19)

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