- Women account for one in four new HIV diagnoses and deaths caused by AIDS.
- The proportion of AIDS diagnoses reported among women has more than tripled since 1985.
- The vast majority of women diagnosed with HIV contracted the virus through heterosexual sex.
Around the Globe
- Worldwide, women constitute more than half of all people living with HIV/AIDS.
- For women in their reproductive years (15–49), HIV/AIDS is the leading cause of death.
- Women are at least twice as likely to acquire HIV from men during sexual intercourse as vice versa.
- A study in South Africa recently suggested that nearly one in seven cases of young women acquiring HIV could have been prevented if the women had not been subjected to intimate partner violence.
- In 2011, 57 percent of pregnant women living with HIV in low- and middle-income countries received effective drug regimens to prevent new HIV infections among children.
- In sub-Saharan Africa, women constitute 58 percent of all people living with HIV/AIDS.
- Among young people aged 15-24, the HIV prevalence rate for young women is twice that of young men.
The ways from women are easily accessed to HIV services.
- Yavatmal has one Govt. Medical Collage and under this hospital run one ICTC, PPTCT Centre , one Designated STI RTI Center and one ART Centre.
- In Yavatmal District the total HIV testing in 2012-13 is 89505 (General +ANC)
- Yavatmal District have total 19 ICTC and 63 FI-ICTC they all provide the HIV testing facility to ANC as well as other women (Whole Blood Testing).
- Under the ICTC staff they organize the ANC HIV testing camp in the Sub-Center and PHC level.
- A New ART Centre has been started on 28/3/2013 in SDH Pusad in Yavatmal District
DAPCU take special efforts to address their needs and
vulnerability through….
- DAPCU organized the sensitization camp in Bachat Bhavan for Bachat Gat Mahila organization out of which 100 % are women, and in this sensitization our focus is HIV, PPTCT Programme.
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