3
Jul

More on the brief about women

A brief on women and girls and HIV in Myanmar introduced yesterday noted: "Most new HIV infections among women are among female sex workers and the female intimate partners (usually wives) of male clients of sex workers."

http://unwomen-asiapacific.org/docs/CountryBriefs_HIV/Country_Brief_Myanmar.pdf

Yesterday the [him] moderator noted that there were more infections in people who inject drugs and men who have sex with men than in any population or group of women. But there is more ...

Female sex workers account for only a small proportion of total infections among women. It would be most accurate to say: "Most new HIV infections among women are among the female intimate partners of male clients of sex workers."

Jamie

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