For every one man with AIDS, there are six women with AIDS between the age group of 15 to 19 and 20 to 24, the Ministry of Health AIDS Control Programme HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, June 2001 reported.
"Although the male to female ratio of AIDS cases overall is 1 to 1, there are slightly more women reported with AIDS in the younger age group," Dr Joshua Musinguzi, an epidemiologist with the Ministry of Health said.
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