ALSO READ: Experts raise red flag over new wave of HIV infectionsMore men are dying from AIDS related illnesses even though the most infected are women, according to the report by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (Unaids). But when it came to deaths, there were 4,000 more deaths among men aged 15 and above compared to 10,000 women who died in 2017. The report notes that mortality reductions remain higher among women than men, which is particularity notable in sub-Saharan Africa, where 56 per cent of people living with HIV are women. “This higher burden, combined with lower treatment coverage among men, increases the gender disparity in AIDS related mortality in these regions. Outside of sub- Saharan Africa, 69 per cent deaths from AIDS-related illness were among men and boys,” reads the report.

Source: Standard Digital July 27, 2018 09:00 UTC