Thu, 23 Mar 2017 10:07:34 +0000 …as HIV/AIDs remains ‘epidemic of females’ By ANNIE ZULU SINCE the start of the global HIV epidemic, women in Zambia have continued to be at a much higher risk of infection than men. Young women and adolescent girls in particular account for a disproportionate number of new HIV infections among young people living with HIV. According to Zambia’s most recent demographic and health survey, the country’s overall HIV prevalence rate is 14 percent, with women at the forefront. The survey further indicates that women between 15 and 49 years have an infection rate of 16 percent, while men in that age range have 12 percent. But why are women particularly at risk of HIV? Gender activist Gladys Mutukwa said gender inequality was one of the major factors contributing to the higher number of women infected with HIV in the country. Ms Mutukwa noted that the vice had continued […]
