UN Women: Covid-19 exacerbated female HIV infection
Blandine Mekpo, a midwife at a maternity ward, provides information about HIV to pregnant women in Bohicon in southern Benin. The Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated HIV among women across the globe. PHOTO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
The Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated HIV among women across the globe.
A UN Women statement indicates that in 2020, women aged 15 and older accounted for more than 50 per cent of all new HIV infections globally, for the first time.
