1. WHY WOMEN IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA ARE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO ACQUIRING HIV THAN MEN IN THE SAME REGION The Face of HIV: Women in Sub-Saharan Africa

2. Sub-Saharan Africa

3. How big is it?

4. Global Population Distribution World Bank population statistics

5. Global Distribution of HIV

6. Global HIV Prevalence From UNAIDS report 2010

7. Global Distribution of HIV

8. Global Distribution of Doctors

9. Between the Genders UNAIDS report 2010

10. Why Women? Socio-economic, Cultural, Political Factors Economic Disempowerment: A Social Norm Education: Out of Girls Reach Conflict: A Detriment to Women’s Health Biological and Environmental Factors Semen: An Enhancer of Virus Infection Malaria: An Environmental Hazard to Pregnant women

11. Economic Disempowerment 42% of girls are subject to child marriage 80% of those living below poverty are women Women often denied inheritance and property rights

12. Lack of Education Graphic from CAMFED

13. Providing Girls with Education Photo and Graphic from CAMFED.org

14. Conflict Spreads HIV By destroying healthcare infrastructures By limiting or denying international humanitarian interventions By disrupting health information systems, preventive care, and treatment services Because sexual interaction between civilians and combatants in increased dramatically during conflict Rape has been used as a weapon of war to intentionally infect the opposition, as in Rwanda Global Health in Times of ViolenceUnited Nations Population Fund &

15. Conflict in Africa Conflict Death Tolls Between 1990 and 2007 Virgil Hawkins: ‘Stealth Conflicts; How the World’s Worst Violence Is Ignored’

16. Conflict in Africa

18. Biological Factor: SDVI Cell: Semen-Derived Amyloid Fibrils Drastically Enhance HIV Infection

19. Environmental Factor: Malaria Wikipedia : World Health Organization Data

20. Environmental Factors: Malaria Photo from NetsForLife.org

21. In Conclusion: Hope