HIV Problems in Africa
Emma, Emmie, Conner, and Willie
Description of Issue
~southern African countries have the highest number of people living with HIV and AIDS on the continent of Africa.
~about 34 million people were living with HIVS by 2011
~about half of those people were based out of Africa
~over half of those in Africa were females
Historical Significance of the Issue
~it first started in the east and then south within the continent
~by the 1980s, the virus had become a regional epidemic
~believed to have affected the Democratic Republic of the Congo as early as the 1970s
ESPN Consequences of the Issue
Social- social instability, rapid Urbanization, labor migration, gender inequality and sexual violence contribute to high HIV rates
political- some organizations such as world health organizations have been working on educating the African people
Ecomonic- 31.7 billion dollars have been spent on AIDS and HIV global research