Epidemiology

Women account for half of HIV cases for the first time

Published in Women's Health Weekly, January 2nd, 2003

Two decades after AIDS first became noticed, as a disease of homosexual men, women now account for half of the 37 million adults infected with HIV, according to a new United Nations report.

The finding is one of the key findings published in the AIDS Epidemic Update, a report on the evolution of the global HIV status produced twice a year by two U.N. agencies, the World Health Organization and UNAIDS.

It found that the AIDS epidemic claimed more than 3 million lives in 2002 and that an estimated 5 million people became infected this year, bringing to 42 million the number of people living with the virus.

"This year, for the...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2003-01-02)

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