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Young Girls Twice as Likely to Contract HIV Than Boys: Report (themessenger.com)

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Teenage girls are bearing the brunt of the global HIV burden, according to a new UNICEF report.

The report, published earlier this month, found that girls between ages 10 and 19 were twice as likely to contract the disease than boys within the same age group.

In total, 98,000 adolescent girls were infected with the virus in 2022, down nearly 100,000 from the total in 2010. For comparison, just over 40,000 boys in the age group were infected last year. More than half of these infections were recorded in eastern and southern Africa.

While this highlights progress for stopping the disease globally, leaders warn that girls are being left behind.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago

Certain cultures believe sex with a virgin will cure HIV, which is horrifying.