Poverty eradication schemes failing young women

He lamented that this had resulted in a majority of these schemes not having a meaningful impact in addressing the socio-economic challenges that perpetuate the spread of the epidemic, especially among young women.

Masisi made this remark after startling revelations were made at the National AIDS Council (NAC) on Tuesday, alluding that a number of government initiatives meant to combat the double burden of poverty and HIV/AIDS are little known and are hardly accessible to young women.