More Political Will Needed To Prevent New HIV Infections Among Young Women In South Africa, Expert Says

VOA News: New HIV Infections Climb Among Young Women in South Africa
“…At the South African National AIDS Conference in Johannesburg this week, specialists voiced their concern about the spiking rates of infections among young women, a trend reflected throughout the continent. … ‘[T]here has to be a [political] will [to reduce the vulnerability of young women,’ said Mark Heywood, the director of the Section 27 social justice movement]…” (Taylor, 6/15).

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