According
to the Centers for Disease and Control Prevention, in 2011, women and
adolescent girls (aged 13 and older) accounted for 21% of the estimated 49,273
new diagnoses of HIV infection in the United States. Black, Hispanic/Latino,
and white women represented 97% (9,901) of estimated new diagnoses of HIV
infection among all women in 2011. Among a total of 10,270 new HIV diagnoses
among women and adolescent girls, 86% of HIV infections were attributed to
heterosexual contact and 14% to injection drug use. Overall, CDC estimates that
279,100 women and adolescent girls were living with HIV at the end of 2009 and
that 15% of those did not know that they were infected. This means they are not
getting life-saving treatment or taking steps to protect their partners.
Additional Resources
http://www.cdc.gov/features/womengirlshivaids/
http://www.womenshealth.gov/nwghaad/about/
http://greaterthan.org/campaign/empowered/
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