1.HIV continues to spread at a high rate on the continent—especially among women—and AIDS continues to devastate families there, leaving children without parents and passing from mothers to their newborn infants.
2. Immunization is doubly challenging in Africa. The lack of infrastructure—electricity, ready transportation—in remote areas stretches the cold chain system used to transport temperature-sensitive vaccines to its limit.
3. Women lack the power to negotiate the use of contraceptives that can protect them against unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, including HIV.
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