Transcript Slide 1

Africa 25 million
people are HIV
positive – 67% of
world total.
Epidemic started
from early 19080s.
ECONOMIC IMPACT
not only in the health
sector but also in
education, industry,
agriculture, transport –
lost labour force
ECONOMIC IMPACT
Mozambique,
Botswana, Namibia
and Zimbabwe, the
reduction in farm
workforce is likely to
be over 20%
In 2011 around 1.2
million people died
from AIDS in subSaharan Africa
Life expectancy in
Swaziland is just 48.7
years.
Impact of Aids on
sub-Saharan Africa
the impact of HIV and
AIDS on the GDP of the
worst affected countries
is a loss of around 1.5%
per year; this means that
after 25 years the
economy would be 37%
smaller than it could have
been. ECONOMIC IMPACT
In the epidemic 14.8 million
children have lost one or
both parents to HIV/AIDS –
these orphans need to be
cared for. SOCIAL IMPACT
people with HIV-related
diseases occupy more than
half of all hospital beds –
SOCIAL IMPACT
Botswana lost 20% of its
healthcare workforce due
to AIDS between 1999 and
2005 SOCIAL IMPACT
In Botswana every wage
earner is likely to acquire
one additional dependent
over the next 10 years due to
the AIDS epidemic. Poorest
are affected the most. BOTH
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