The protection of human rights in the context of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) 2009, para. 11
Paragraphe
Paragraph text
Noting with particular concern that, according to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and the World Health Organization, women and girls are disproportionately affected by the epidemic in that they comprise an increasing proportion of the people infected, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, where women account for 57 per cent of those infected, and young women aged from 15 to 24 years are three times more likely to be infected than young men of the same age,
Status juridique
Negotiated soft law
Organe
United Nations Human Rights Council
Type de document
Resolution
Mode d'adoption
Consensus
Thèmes
Health
Personnes concernées
Girls
Women
Youth
Année
2009
Type de paragraphe
PP
Reference
HRC resolution, The protection of human rights in the context of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) (2009), A/HRC/RES/12/27, PP 11.