Transcript AIDS/HIV in Africa

Scientists determined that AIDS originated in Central
Africa around 1930
More than 70% of the victims of AIDS were Africans
A quarter of the people who have died from AIDS
were children
Many children have become orphans as a result of
the AIDS epidemic in Africa
Average infection rates in teenage
HIV/AIDS Orphans statistics
African girls were over five times
higher than that of African boys
Children orphaned
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa
Global Total
by AIDS, alive
at end of 2003
12.3 million
15 million
Less than 1% of Africans with AIDS are
receiving some kind of drug therapy
Over 30% of young Southern African women
believe a healthy-looking person cannot
carry AIDS.
50% South African women didn’t know that
using a condom can limit the changes of
getting AIDS
90% of Africans with AIDS don’t know that
they have it
The FDA approves
the use of ddC,
dideoxcytidine,
marking the first
successful
combination drug
therapy for AIDS
treatment
2001-Aids is
officially the
leading cause
of death in
Sub-Saharan
Africa
1998-Gugu
Diamini, an AIDS
activist, is beaten
to death by her
neighbors after
announcing she
had HIV on Zulu TV
2004-South
Africa begins
to provide
free
retrovirals in
Hospitals
2003-President
George W. Bush
says he plans to
spend $15 billion
in over 5 years to
fights AIDS in
Africa and the
Caribbean
Most of the people who die from AIDS are of the
working age
It is estimated that 24 African countries lose .5% to
1.2% of per capita growth every year
Creates debt from the world bank
As number of AIDS cases in a country increases, so
does the poverty level of the country-As a result of
the poverty level rising there are less children in
school so less potential skilled workers
Less farm goods are produced
AIDS is expected to shrink the national economy by
as much as $22 billion by 2010.
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Africa contains much polyigamy. 1 in 3 women are in
a polygamous relationship
Young girls often are in relationships with older men
who are more likely to carry AIDS
The rate of AIDS in women are higher partly because
of the lack of women’s rights. Rape cases are
generally very high in number in Africa
There is much poverty and prostitution
The wars in Africa take focus away from fighting
AIDS
It is believed that truckdrivers were the main people
to spread AIDS around the continent
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Many people are not educated about
AIDS and in Sub-Saharan Africa only
58% of children are enrolled in
primary school
Some hospitals still use needles that
aren’t sterilized
Contraceptives are very expensive
and not used very often
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Many people criticize African leaders for not
acknowledging and trying to prevent AIDS in its
earlier stages
South Africa is beginning to provide free retrovirals
in Hospitals
The President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, led a
successful campaign to prevent AIDS called ABCAbstinence, be faithful, or use condoms.
Kenya declared a full war of AIDS and is committed
to treat 40,000 AIDS patients
In 2020, when it is estimated that more than 85
million people will have died from HIV/AIDS
Society and economy in places such as sub-saharan
Africa will collapse
It was announced at the Durban conference that in
the next 10 years, life expectancy in Botswana is
expected to fall to 29 years, 30 years in Swaziland,
and 33 years in Namibia and Zimbabwe. Without
AIDS, life expectancy would be about 70 years in
those countries
The food supply will go down drastically. In 2002 and
2003 there was a famine in South Africa, primary
caused by AIDS