Women and HIV/AIDS in Low to Middle-income Countries

Shakeel Mahmood^{1, 2,}

¹HDR Representative, School of Humanities and Social Science

²College of Human and Social Futures, University of Newcastle, Callaghan NSW 2308, Australia

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Shakeel Mahmood. Women and HIV/AIDS in Low to Middle-income Countries. American Journal of Public Health Research. 2021; 9(4):161-164. doi: 10.12691/AJPHR-9-4-6

Abstract

The preliminary confusion that acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) was a sickness of men, which can be recognized, possibly to historical misfortune [1]. The AIDS disease first categorized in the United States of America (USA), nevertheless, this deadly disease mainly contracted men [1]. However, from the beginning of the worldwide pandemic, it was visible that women were also susceptible to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and AIDS, and, within in a year, there were statistics to recommend that women were no less than as likely to become infected as men [2].

Keywords

Women, Surveillance, HIV/AIDS, Low to Middle-income Countries (LMIC)

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