Are women especially vulnerable to HIV?

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• March 10 is National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day a day to raise awareness of the increasing impact of HIV/AIDS on women and girls and to encourage women and girls to take action and get tested for HIV


• Black and Hispanic/Latina women are at increased risk of being diagnosed with HIV infection (1 in 32 black women and 1 in 106 Hispanic/Latina women will be diagnosed with HIV, compared with 1 in 182 Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander women; 1 in 217 American Indian/Alaska Native women; and 1 in 526 for both white and Asian women)


• Norms related to femininity can prevent women especially young women from accessing HIV information and services


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• March 10 is National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day a day to raise awareness of the increasing impact of HIV/AIDS on women and girls and to encourage women and girls to take action and get tested for HIV


• Norms related to femininity can prevent women especially young women from accessing HIV information and services


• Now published: Integrating gender into HIV/AIDS programmes in the health sector: Tool to improve responsiveness to women`s needs, a practical handbook for programme planners and service providers to help them integrate gender in their work on HIV testing and counselling, prevention of

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