National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

• Published in: Chicago Citizen Vol. 50; no. 51
• Format: Newspaper Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago, Ill Chicago Weekend 09.03.2016
• Subjects: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; AIDS; HIV; Human immunodeficiency virus; Special events; Women

HIV remains a significant health issue for women and girls, who comprised 23% (280,200) of the 1.2 million people living with HIV in the United States in 2011. In 2013, one out of five (9,278) of the estimated 47,165 new diagnoses of HIV infection were among women and girls over age 13. The majority...