AIDS/HIV

Dramatic Rise Among Women Shown

Published in Women's Health Weekly, February 22nd, 1995

Women's health advocates say not enough is being done to slow down the spread of AIDS among women, the fastest-growing group among those newly infected with HIV.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported February 8, 1995, that the spread of HIV among women has dramatically increased in the United States. Cases among women are increasing by roughly 17 percent a year and show no signs of slowing down, the CDC said, even though growth is leveling off in the population as a whole.

Cindy Pearson of the National Women's Health Network charged that prevention of HIV in women has been neglected at the national level. "Our...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (1995-02-22)

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