HIV Rates Five-Times Higher than Previously Thought in Some Women
A just-released report shows HIV rates among women in certain parts of the US are much higher than previously estimated.
Researchers from the HIV Prevention Trials Network, which includes Emory University, recruited women from six large metropolitan areas in the Northeast and South.
Their findings—African American women in those cities were five times more likely to be HIV-positive than estimates used for African-American women as a whole in the US.
“I want to emphasize, it’s not because they’re African-American,” said Emory University’s Dr. Carlos del Rio. He was also a principal investigator in the study. “African-American is just a marker of other factors that we don’t fully understand or know how to address.”
del Rio says to address the epidemic in the affected groups, society also has to tackle bigger issues like poverty and access to education.
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