Though women may account for a small portion of total HIV diagnoses in the United States (about one out of every five new cases), the racial disparity therein points to a group overlooked for prevention: Black women. Despite making up 14 percent of women in the U.S., Black women account for 60 percent of women’s HIV infections in this country. The outsize prevalence of HIV among Black women has led to their designation by the medical community over the past several decades as an “at-risk” group for contracting the virus.
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