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HIV/AIDS risk 'greatest for young women'.
(From Business Day (South Africa))
Byline: Tamar Kahn
HIV/AIDS risk 'greatest for young women' Females account for 90% of recent HIV infections in the 15-24 age group, while rate is highest in informal settlements Science and Health Editor CAPE TOWN New research on the rate at which HIV is spreading through the South African population has once again underlined the fact that women under the age of 30 are at much greater risk of getting the disease than young men, sending a warning to government that it needs to dramatically improve prevention campaigns aimed at this group.
The study, published in this month's edition of the South African Medical …
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