WINNIPEG – This world AIDS day, Winnipeggers have a unique opportunity to hear directly from five African women who are among those most intimately involved in the Global fight against HIV and AIDS.
In a speaker series coming to Winnipeg called “Ask her talks,” several women fighting the virus overseas will share their stories.
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Some of the countries visited include Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.
According to the “Ask her Talks” series, there are 2 million new infections and 1.2 million deaths from AIDS each year.
And while the death rate from AIDS has decreased globally, it has increased dramatically for adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa-where young women and girls account for almost 62 percent of new infections.
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