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The importance of sexual and reproductive health and rights to prevent HIV in adolescent girls and young women in eastern and southern Africa
Health Systems
Sexual and Reproductive Health
Description
The AIDS epidemic continues to disproportionately affect sub-Saharan Africa, especially eastern and southern Africa (ESA). The ESA region has only 6.2% of the world��s population, but is home to half of the world��s people living with HIV (1). In 2015, the region accounted for 46% of the world��s new HIV infections and 42% of global. AIDS-related deaths (2). An estimated 90% of new HIV infections among adults and young people in the ESA region occurs through sexual transmission (3)