HIV/AIDS In Sub-Saharan Africa
Taylor Soupir
People Living with HIV/AIDS
- 25,000,000 people are living with HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa updated in 2012.
-12,900,000 Women (15+) [2012]
-2,900,000 Children [2012]
How They Can Win The Battle Against HIV/AIDS
- Creating a prevention revolution, reduce sexual transmission.
- Have abstinence and wait.
- Wait till you know to do anything.
- Get tested.
- Kenya has a “Human Rights Watch Submission" regarding the strategic plan (2009-2014) about building childrens' rights considering they don't have any control over getting HIV/AIDS the parents and adults need to take action and be more aware.
Shocking Facts
- An estimated 11.3 million people were living with HIV/AIDS in 2009.
- Prevalence in West and Central Africa remains very low.
- One of the world's most serious health and development challenge.
- Mostly affects those in their most productive years.
- Most people with HIV/AIDS don't have treatment, prevention, or care.
What People With HIV/AIDS Experience And Feel
- They have a circle where they talk about what they experience with HIV/AIDS.
- They are determined to find a cure/help.
- They are also very thankful for those who are helping them along the way.
- One of their sayings are, "Your departure brings sadness to our hearts..it is like darkness that blinds us at dusk, but we know that like the sun, you shall rise again and bring the light to us. For us, you are like a river crossing through the village, a river that brings hope, joy, calmness, and wealth. You are like it's water that turns the grazing field and trees into greener pastures. You bring joy and happiness in our hearts."
- Sometimes their ears get blocked to the point where they can't hear for a certain amount of time.
- They tend to vomit quite a bit.
What Others Did To Help
- An elder lady named Miriam Chabalala decides that she can help with all the abandoned/runaway children so she starts a crèche. (Crèche- A nursery where babies or children are cared for.) She took in children and in 2007 she had 48 children that she cared for. Pastors would come in and give them corn meals and teachers would also give them cabbage and rice. She said she is a "Home Based Care".