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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

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Sexual and Reproductive Health

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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)

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