The new global killer is on a rampage, and one of its biggest targets is the continent of Africa. Dr. Ghosh, at San Diego State University says, "that Africa has been hit so hard by HIV/AIDS, that they are going in a negative direction as far as replenishing their population." In other words, so many are dying from the AIDS disease, that the people of Africa can't reproduce enough to replenish those who have died. This is not to say that Africa's birth rate is less than the death rate, because that is inaccurate. It is only to suggest that because of this AIDS epidemic, there are so many people that are infected, that they cannot produce enough health offspring to carry on their future generations survival. In fact, The Medical Research Council's Burden of Disease Unit estimates that over half the death in Africa between the ages of 15 and 49 are now due to AIDS. Thus, I will now venture into the reasons, worries, ideas, strategies, and struggles that every African should realize when it comes to battling HIV and AIDS. The AIDS epidemic in Africa has become catastrophic, and people around the world must work together at all levels to ensure that the human race survives with as little blockades as possible.
Africa today has been studied for a while now and this is why people all over the world have come to the conclusion that it is the center of the epidemic. There are all sorts of figures out there and for the most part, they are not completely accurate, because people cannot account the exact precise number of cases that go unreported each year. However, to the best of my knowledge and as close to recent figures as I could find, the following are statistics that indicate as to why Africa has become the epidemic capital of the world.
One report indicated that in the next five years in South Africa, that one South African would die every minute! A United Nations (UN) report indicated that 72 percent of all new HIV infections are in South Africa.
