Women, AIDS and HIV in the District of Columbia

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The writer notes in this three page paper that the District has the highest rate of AIDS infection in the country and that women are particularly vulnerable to the disease. The link between HIV/AIDS and gender-based violence needs to be explored and mechanisms put in place to insure that women have access to the treatment (especially mental health and substance abuse) that they need. There are two sources listed in the bibliography.