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Publication Date: January 2004
Publisher: Guttmacher Institute
Author(s): Vanessa Woog; Susheela Singh; Akinrinola Bankole; Deirdre Wulf
Research Area: Population and Reproductive Health
Type: Report
Abstract:
Sub-Saharan Africa has been more devastated by the HIV/AIDS epidemic than any other world region. The epidemic is taking an enormous toll on the region's youth: Nearly 10 million women and men aged 15 to 24--roughly one in 14 young adults--are living with HIV/AIDS, and half of new infections in 2003 occurred among this age-group.