Socio-Cultural Factors HIV/AIDS and WomenJune 3rd, 2008
Dr. Avnish Jolly ,3 June:The number of women living with HIV/AIDS is on the rise in the country and a recent NACO found that in majority of the cases the disease was passed on by polygamous husbands. Biological, socio-cultural and economic factors make women and young girls more vulnerable to HIV/AIDS. The HIV virus is more easily transmitted from men to women than from women to men .
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