Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, Recommendation for Brazil, par. 10 (2012)

Text of the recommendation

10. She welcomed the implementation of the integrated State plans to confront the feminization of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and other STDs and requested further information on the results of those plans. While commending Brazil on its dramatic economic growth, she expressed concern about the negative health effects such rapid change might have on small communities, including nutritional problems, drug abuse, sexual abuse, and the spread of HIV/AIDS. She wondered what coordinated efforts the Government would make to prevent such negative effects.