Sub-Saharan Africa
The struggle to fight HIV/AIDS
Where is Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Sub-Saharan Africa is in the content of Africa south of the Sahara Dessert it consists of all African countries south of the Sahara
What is HIV/AIDS?
Well lets break it down
H- stands for Human this disease can only infect humans
I- stands for immune system it effects it by destroying the important cells that fight dieases and infection
V-Stands for Virus because that is what it is
And Aids.....
A- Aids is something you acquire not inherit from birth
I- Your immune system includes all the organs and cells that work to fight off infection or disease
D-You get AIDS when your immune system is "deficient," or isn't working the way it should
S-AIDS is a syndrome because it is a complex illness with a wide range of complications and symptoms
H- stands for Human this disease can only infect humans
I- stands for immune system it effects it by destroying the important cells that fight dieases and infection
V-Stands for Virus because that is what it is
And Aids.....
A- Aids is something you acquire not inherit from birth
I- Your immune system includes all the organs and cells that work to fight off infection or disease
D-You get AIDS when your immune system is "deficient," or isn't working the way it should
S-AIDS is a syndrome because it is a complex illness with a wide range of complications and symptoms
Why is this virus so bad and how is it affecting the countries and families?
About 34 million HIV positive people people worldwide 69% of that live in Sub-Saharan Africa. Life long average in SSA ( Sub-Saharan Africa) is 54 years of age and in some parts it's only 49 years. In 2010 2.1 million people died from Aids in SSA and 1.9 million became infected with HIV. Since the beginning of this outbreak 14.8 million have lost one or both of there parents by AIDS/HIV. The reason the virus is so bad is because of government when treatment was offered they had denied the help insisting that they did not need it when in fact they did, the virus was already spreading. Now people can not give the meds to keep these people living for as long as they can. This virus is also affecting its neighboring countries in South Africa is the most impacted it has 17.8% of its population affected by AIDS.
The symbol for HIV/AIDS
The red ribbon was made in 1991 by a fellow New Yorker they had used the color red because of the connection to blood and the idea of passion not only anger but love almost like a valentine
Do you have the symptoms?
This particular virus can only effect humans. It attacks your cells and makes copies of itself then after a certain amount of copies it can turn into AIDS.
Worlds Aids Day
When our world gets a virus or something is threatening we fight back so ever year on December 1st is worlds AIDS day. Where we hope that soon there is a year that we won't have to remember that there are people still fighting ,but so that we can remember the people who fought.