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AFRICA: High risk of HIV infection for disabled people
JOHANNESBURG, 4 December (PLUSNEWS) - A recent study by the World Bank and Yale University has found that gaps in global AIDS prevention and treatment programmes had left disabled people more vulnerable to HIV infection than people without disabilities.
An associate professor at the Yale School of Public Health, Nora Groce, said in a statement: "Disabled people are at risk, and often at a significantly increased risk for becoming HIV positive - and once they become HIV positive, are much less likely to get services."
Conducted after finding little research on the subject, Groce and her team found that health professionals often assumed disabled patients were not sexually active and were less likely to be targets of sexual violence.
Groce added: "A non-scientific description of it was a fishing expedition. We just wanted to see what was out there but, in many ways, what we are discussing is a human rights issue."
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MORE NEWS BRIEFS
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Recent AFRICA Reports
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IRIN PlusNews Weekly Issue 162, 2 January 2004, 2/Jan/04
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IRIN PlusNews Weekly Issue 161, 26 December 2003 , 26/Dec/03
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IRIN PlusNews Weekly Issue 160, 19 December 2003, 19/Dec/03
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African conference looks at living with AIDS at home, 16/Dec/03
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UN agency identifies sites for HIV/AIDS centres, 15/Dec/03
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Links
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National AIDS Commission of Malawi
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African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnerships (ACHAP)
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Treatment Action Campaign
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The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria
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AEGIS
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