Current approaches to HIV prevention typically target people who are identified as, or self-identify, with being at risk. In Africa, 74% of new HIV infections are among adolescent girls aged 15–19 years, and AIDS-related illnesses are the leading cause of death among adolescent girls and women of reproductive age. Hundreds of millions of dollars spent on developing and testing biomedical interventions to prevent HIV in women have not succeeded in reducing HIV incidence. Consequently, reaching the UN targets for reaching all women and adolescent girls with comprehensive HIV prevention services by 2020 and eliminating AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 challenges us to rethink existing strategies.
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Advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights of young women at risk of HIV