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Worldwide, women constitute half of all people living with HIV/AIDS.
Globally and in every region, more adult women (15 years or older) than ever before are now living with HIV.
Women are at least twice as likely to acquire HIV from men during sexual intercourse than vice versa.
Only 20% of young women aged 15 to 24 correctly identify ways of preventing HIV transmission and reject major misconceptions about HIV transmission.
In low- and middle-income countries, only one-third of pregnant women are currently offered services to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
In Sub-Saharan Africa, women constitute 59% of all people living with HIV/AIDS. Among young people aged 15-24, the HIV prevalence rate for young women is almost three times higher than the rate among young men.