No one is immune to HIV. But some people are at greater risk of getting infected by the AIDS virus than others. This inequality dominates World AIDS Day on
December 1, 2004, which focusses on the advance of AIDS and HIV among women and girls.

Of the 39.4 million people with AIDS or the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) around the world,
47 per cent is female.

A look at why women may be physiologically more vulnerable to HIV than men.

Sources:
AFP, UNAIDS; WHO; 2004 International AIDS Conference; UN Population Fund