HIV prevention and protection efforts are failing women and girls : more young women are becoming infected by husbands and long-term partners – female-controlled HIV prevention methods urgently needed

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HIV prevention and protection efforts are failing women and girls : more young women are becoming infected by husbands and long-term partners – female-controlled HIV prevention methods urgently needed

Existing HIV prevention and protection efforts are failing to stem infections among women and girls because they do not take into account such issues as gender relations and sexual behaviour, according to the United Nations AIDS programme.

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