Citation

Health Care Women Int. 2000; 21(3): 137-138.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

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PMID

11111461

Abstract

During the 11th International Congress on Women's Health Issues, a different angle of the AIDS epidemic was reviewed. It showed how the epidemic affects millions of lives, especially African children, because of the loss of their mothers or both parents to AIDS. According to Newsweek, an estimated 10.4 million African children under age 15 years will have lost their mothers to AIDS by the end of year 2000. Furthermore, WHO estimates that there will be many orphans in African countries and there will be insufficient women to care for them or enough teachers to provide education, thus resulting in a whole generation of uneducated Africans. In addition to the danger of AIDS, the deadly impact of violence against women is another factor that endangers women. The ¿Hopkins Report¿ revealed that worldwide at least 1 woman in every 3 has been beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime, and even murdered. At the closing of the 11th International Congress, the probable need to interest conservationists in considering women an endangered species was expressed.

Language: en