About 1.2 million 15- to 19-year-olds were living with HIV last year – three in five of them girls, according to Unicef. — AFP
Every three minutes, a girl between the ages of 15 and 19 is infected with the virus that causes AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome), said a United Nations (UN) report on July 25, 2018, which warned of a “crisis” fuelled by gender inequality.
Girls and young women made up two-thirds of 15- to 19-year-olds infected with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) in 2017, according to data unveiled at the 22nd International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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