Young women in East and southern Africa and who are between 14 and 24 years old, are at the highest risk of contracting HIV. Tharcisse Barihuta, UNAIDS Country Representative to Namibia, told the national HIV/AIDS conference in Swakopmund on Monday that about 7 500 young women get infected every week. He says research suggests that the virus is mostly transmitted from older men who get it from women of their own age. Namibia’s HIV programmes have yielded good success in combating HIV, with assistance to the tune of over a billion US dollars from Americans. However, more Namibians should go for testing in order to be treated, Health Minister Dr Bernhard Haufiku stressed. The AIDS conference learned that 19 million people in eastern and southern Africa are living with HIV, and more than half of them are women. The UNAIDS country representative stressed that better progress against the AIDS pandemic can be achieved if low and middle income countries make additional investments in the cause. The national aids conference aims to strengthen gains made in rolling back new HIV infections. Over 600 delegates are discussing how to develop common strategies to achieve zero infections by 2030. The theme is “Together we are ending Aids”.