WHO: AIDS leading cause of death, disease in women

GENEVA – In its first study of women's health around the globe, the World Health Organization said Monday that the AIDS virus is the leading cause of death and disease among women between the ages of 15 and 44.

Unsafe sex is the leading risk factor in developing countries for these women of childbearing age, with others including lack of access to contraceptives and iron deficiency,
the WHO said. Throughout the world, one in five deaths among women in
this age group is linked to unsafe sex, according to the U.N. agency.

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