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Women and HIV/AIDS

Source: www.aidsaction.org
Topic: Hiv/Aids
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Sort Desciption: january 2002 Women and HIV/AIDS the number of women living with HIV/AIDS in the United States has increased significantly since the beginning of the epidemic. ...

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january 2002 Women and HIV/AIDS the number of women living with HIV/AIDS in the United States has increased significantly since the beginning of the epidemic. At the end of 2000, adult and adolescent women accounted for 17 percent, or 134,441, of the cumulative AIDS cases in the United States. There were 10,568 new AIDS cases diagnosed among women in 2000, and a total of 67,993 women living with AIDS. At the end of 2000, 66,448 women had died from AIDS in the U.S. Thirty-nine percent of AIDS cases among adolescent and adult women are the result of unprotected heterosexual sex. An additional 39 percent of AIDS cases among women are attributed to injection drug use. Women of color account for the majority of new AIDS cases. African American women and Latinas comprise less than 31 percent of the U.S. female population, yet they represent more than 77 percent of AIDS cases in women. A comparison of the 2000 AIDS case rates demonstrates this point. The AIDS case rate for African American women was 45.9 women living with AIDS per 100,000 population and 13.8 for Latinas living with AIDS per 100,000 population. In contrast, 2.2 white women are living with AIDS per 100,000 population. As of December 2000, HIV was the third leading cause of death for all women ages 25-44, and the first leading cause of death for African American women. HIV Prevention and Women Although several methods of birth control exist that are largely female-controlled, there is no method of sexually transmitted disease (STD) prevention that is entirely female-controlled. Condoms are the most frequently used HIV prevention tool and are malecontrolled. The female condom is a step in the right direction, but still requires the approval and acceptance of male partners due to its obvious visibility. There is no effective, truly femalecontrolled method of HIV prevention that gives women the power to protect themselves and their partners. Scientists are currently developing microbicides ...

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