The emergence of HIV in rural India has the potential to heighten gender inequity in a
context where women already suffer significant health disparities. Recent Indian health …

It is increasingly being recognized that gender inequality is a critical factor fuelling the HIV
epidemic in India and elsewhere in the world. To undertake a research and programmatic …

Sex differentials in the uptake of HIV testing have been reported in a range of settings,
however, men's and women's testing patterns are not consistent across these settings …

The global HIV/AIDS epidemic presents many challenges on practical as well as theoretical
levels. The attempts to explain different epidemiological patterns of the epidemic have …

Half of all people living with HIV/AIDS worldwide are female and in sub-Saharan Africa it is
far more than half, especially among those aged 15–24. Women living with or widowed by …

Background Women and men face different gender-based health inequities in relation to
HIV, including HIV testing as well as different challenges in accessing HIV care, treatment …

The idea for this tool grew out of a global consultation on Integrating Gender into HIV/AIDS
Programmes held on 3–5 June 2002 at WHO headquarters in Geneva. This meeting brought …

Data repeatedly demonstrate that HIV-infected people who regularly utilize primary health
care services are more likely to have access to lifesaving treatments (including antiretroviral …

India has made considerable progress in the social and economic spheres during the last
century. Life expectancy, infant mortality, and litreracy rates have improved. However …

Introduction Globally, women constitute 50% of all persons living with HIV. Gender
inequalities are a key driver of women's vulnerabilities to HIV. This paper looks at how these …