An Affordable HIV Intervention: Because Women Are Worth It - Serra Sippel - President, Center for Health and Gender Equity

Thirty years into the AIDS epidemic, the global community has developed a sense of solidarity and urgency to save lives. On International Women's Day, we need to leverage that solidarity and urgency to help those who are most affected -- women. Currently, half of those infected with HIV globally and 60 percent of those infected in sub-Saharan Africa are women. The same women who are at risk of HIV infection are also at risk of unintended pregnancy. What does the world have to offer women when it comes to prevention of HIV and unintended pregnancy?