possibility infect others. Many people in the Africa are carriers of the AIDS.
virus and are not even aware of it. .
Several people have died as a result of Aids. Jeffery Bartholet of.
Newsweek reports that since the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, 14.8.
million Africans have died from AIDS and 2.6 million AIDS deaths occurred.
in 1999. It is estimated that during 1998, AIDS was responsible for an.
estimated one million funerals in Africa. And the number of AIDS deaths is.
increasing.
One of the worst consequences of AIDS is the number of orphans it.
creates. These children have lost one or both parents to this fatal disease.
Because so many people are dying in Africa, the number of orphans in the.
country is rapidly increasing. "Since the disease was first identified 17.
years ago, 25 million children have lost one or both parents" (Benes 3). In.
some areas of Africa, church groups have begun orphan-visiting programs.
Women in the area visit orphans on a regular basis, providing guidance.
and emotional support and helping with basic necessities. "A study in rural.
Tanzania found that nine percent of children were orphans and fourteen.
percent of households had at least one orphan" (Benes 3).
Several businesses in Africa, have also suffered a loss due to the.
impact of the AIDS disease. Many companies doing business in Africa are.
bracing themselves for the worse. The management teams of the these.
various companies don't know what to do because they know that.
eventually their employees will become ill and perhaps die. As a result,.
these employees can't do their job. This is causing many companies to.
decline because of the lack of healthy employees. .
The African economy will be faced with tremendous problems.
because of the AIDS epidemic. Some companies have reported a doubling.
of their health bills. In Botswana, companies estimate that AIDS-related.
costs will soar from under one percent of the wage bill now to five percent.
in six years, because of the rapid rise in infection in the last few years.
AIDS in Africa Africa is fighting a loosing battle against AIDS. ... Economically AIDS is greatly affecting Africa. ... AIDS is defiantly impacting Africa in many ways. AIDS is spreading in Africa for a couple of reasons. ... There are many reasons Africa's AIDS numbers are growing. ...
The AIDS crisis in Africa has become an enormous problem that cannot and should not be ignored. Out of all of the people in the world with AIDS, at least one third reside in Africa. Why do such a large number of people with AIDS exist solely in Africa? ... What can be done about the AIDS problem in Africa? ... AIDS has the potential to create severe economic impacts in many African countries. ...
Sub-Saharan Africa is by far the region worst affected by HIV and Aids, according to the World Health Organization's latest report on the disease. Aids Epidemic Update says there were 3.4 million new HIV infections in Africa in 2001, almost 70% of the global total. ... The African governments have responded to the AIDS epidemic primarily by attempting to reduce the number of new HIV infections, and to some degree, by trying compensate the damage done by AIDS to families, societies, and economies. ... Efforts to reduce the number of AIDS infections have focused on increasing AIDS awarene...
South of the Sahara, HIV and AIDS are worse than anywhere else in the world, and this catastrophe is transforming the continent forever. ... President Bush has recently allocated billions of dollars of spending to be used to combat HIV/AIDS in Africa. ... Anyhow, Communicable diseases more contagious than AIDS remain a problem, making AIDS just one of them. ... It is an unbiased killer that threatens the African population. With very little education, parentless children, and cultural and societal beliefs, AIDS will continue to run havoc on the continent of Africa. ...
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Africa continues to dwarf the rest of the world in how the region has been affected by AIDS. ... The HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa will not be stopped with drugs and "abstinence only" education, Sex education and condom availability are required for this battle. ... Condoms not only prevent HIV/AIDS but can also help control Africa's growing population challenge. ... My aunt died of AIDS when I was 13years old. ... The doctor informed my aunt that she had AIDS and passed it on to her son. ...
For the past two decades multinational drug companies have turned a blind eye on the AIDS epidemic in South Africa by refusing to sell antiretroviral drugs to them at discounted prices. ... There are more than 25 million people in sub-Saharan Africa infected with the HIV virus that causes AIDS. ... In the last six months 39 multinational drug companies have agreed to lower their drug prices to make them more affordable to AIDS patients in South Africa. ... It is unfortunate that the AIDS epidemic in South Africa had been ignored for the past 20 years. ... Thankfully, WW II is over, but the...
