HIV/AIDS in Africa
Roberto and Michael
10 Facts
-Aids is an advanced from of HIV.
-There is no cure.
-Spread through bodily fluids.
-Most common in southern Africa.
-Many people don't know they have this disease.
-Lots of children have this disease.
-Two thirds of the people in the world with aids, are in Africa.
-In 2014, 1.4 million people contracted HIV/AIDS.
-8.4 million deaths from 1995 to 2013.
-3 in 4 people with HIV/AIDS die.
HIV/AIDS affects regions all over Africa that are poor. People who suffer can not receive treatment when they have HIV, and this then turns to full blown AIDS. This is a major disease in Africa, in Sub-Saharan Africa 69% have HIV/AIDS. To limit this disease Africa needs to spread awareness about HIV/AIDS, so people know how to avoid it.