Press release
Women in Mekong region faced with higher rates of HIV infection than men : China, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam showing similar trends
17 March 200417 March 2004
The rate of HIV infection in the Mekong Region is rising faster among women than men. “Lack of attention to women’s rights is fuelling the HIV epidemic,” said Dr Kathleen Cravero, Deputy Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), speaking at the Mekong Leaders’ Consultative Meeting on Women and AIDS on the occasion of International Women’s Day.
