New HIV/AIDS Resource Center for Women at The Body

The Body, one of the most comprehensive online sources of information on HIV/AIDs recently launched a new website: the HIV/AIDS Resource Center for Women.

As stated in the overview, "After more than 25 years and 25 million deaths, the world has yet to realize that HIV isn’t just a man’s problem. Although it has escaped the notice of most media -- and even many in the health care and health policy fields -- HIV has quietly become the third most-deadly disease for women in the United States, behind only cancer and heart disease. It’s also the leading cause of death for African-American women between the ages of 25 and 34."

In Canada, "Women account for a growing proportion of positive HIV tests reports with known age and gender among adults in Canada. The proportion of females each year has risen, from 12.0% in the years between 1985 and 1997 to 24.9% of adult positive HIV test reports between 1999 and 2002. In 2005, this proportion again increased, though only slightly to 25.4%." (Public Health Agency of Canada, EPI update 2006).

The HIV/AIDS Resource Center for Women offers basic information on HIV/AIDS for women, personal stories of women, interviews with experts, news and links to other resources.