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Of these 30 new infections among people aged 15 to 19 in 2017, about 20 were girls
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Jul 25, 2018, 12:55
Teens, and especially girls, are the most large victims of the global AIDS epidemic Aides London – Teenagers, and especially girls, are the main victims of the global AIDS epidemic (Joan Costa / CSIC /, d After a report from the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef), about thirty young people are infected every hour
Of these 30 new infections among 15-19 year olds in 2017, about According to the Unicef, 20 or two thirds of the girls were girls, which represented a "health crisis and an intervention crisis".
Although substantial progress has been made in the fight against AIDS in the last two decades, the incapable
According to the survey, the spread of the adolescent epidemic is stimulated by reports early sex, including older men, forced sex, impotence "
" In most countries, women and girls do not have access to information, the services and even the power to say no to risky sex, "said Henrietta Fore, executive director of Unicef." HIV thrives among the most vulnerable and marginalized, placing adolescent girls at risk. heart of the crisis. "
UNICEF report, presented at an AIDS conference in Amsterdam on Wednesday, said 130,000 19 years or less have died of AIDS last year and 430,000 were infected – nearly 50 per hour.
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