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The Face of HIV: Women in Sub-Saharan Africa

The Face of HIV: Women in Sub-Saharan Africa. why women in Sub- saharan africa are more susceptible to Acquiring HIV than men in the same region. Sub-Saharan Africa. How big is it?. Global Population Distribution. World Bank population statistics. Global Distribution of HIV.

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The Face of HIV: Women in Sub-Saharan Africa

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  1. The Face of HIV: Women in Sub-Saharan Africa why women in Sub-saharanafrica are more susceptible to Acquiring HIV than men in the same region

  2. Sub-Saharan Africa

  3. How big is it?

  4. Global Population Distribution World Bank population statistics

  5. Global Distribution of HIV

  6. Global HIV Prevalence From UNAIDS report 2010

  7. Global Distribution of HIV

  8. Global Distribution of Doctors

  9. Between the Genders UNAIDS report 2010

  10. Why Women? • Socio-economic, Cultural, Political Factors • Economic Disempowerment: A Social Norm • Education: Out of Girls Reach • Conflict: A Detriment to Women’s Health • Biological and Environmental Factors • Semen: An Enhancer of Virus Infection • Malaria: An Environmental Hazard to Pregnant women

  11. Economic Disempowerment 42% of girls are subject to child marriage 80% of those living below poverty are women Women often denied inheritance and property rights

  12. Lack of Education Graphic from CAMFED

  13. Providing Girls with Education Photo and Graphic from CAMFED.org

  14. Conflict Spreads HIV By destroying healthcare infrastructures By limiting or denying international humanitarian interventions By disrupting health information systems, preventive care, and treatment services Because sexual interaction between civilians and combatants in increased dramatically during conflict Rape has been used as a weapon of war to intentionally infect the opposition, as in Rwanda United Nations Population Fund & Global Health in Times of Violence

  15. Conflict in Africa Conflict Death Tolls Between 1990 and 2007 Virgil Hawkins: ‘Stealth Conflicts; How the World’s Worst Violence Is Ignored’

  16. Conflict in Africa

  17. Biological Factor: SDVI Cell: Semen-Derived Amyloid Fibrils Drastically Enhance HIV Infection

  18. Environmental Factor: Malaria Wikipedia : World Health Organization Data

  19. Environmental Factors: Malaria Photo from NetsForLife.org

  20. In Conclusion: Hope

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