Pradhan, Basanta K.; Sundar, Ramamani - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
approximately 5.2 million estimated cases of people living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA), constituting 39 percent of all HIV infections …. According to NACO, of the 1,11,608 AIDS cases reported in the country till 31 July 2005, females accounted for nearly 30 percent …. Biological, socio-cultural and economicfactors make women and young girls more vulnerable to HIV and AIDS. The HIV virus is more …