HIV and AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa
Grace Oberle
People in this region that have AIDS/HIV
- About 22.9 million people have HIV in this region, around 2/3 of the global total
- 1.2 million people died in 2010
- In 2010 1.9 million people got infected with the disease
Children with AIDS
These children are transported to a hospital in Johannesburg to help cure their disease.
AID Orphans
These orphans lost one or both of their parents from AIDS.
Hope is Still There
These little girls still hold on to the hope that someday there will finally be a cure to this terrible disease.
AID Orphans
- Children that are considered AID orphans are children whose parents have died from AIDS
- 17.8 million children under the age of 18 have been orphaned by AIDS and HIV
- The country with the highest rate of AID orphans is South Africa with 63% of the orphans AID orphans
- Grandparents of AID orphans are having to take care of them even though they themselves are in need of assistance
How AIDS Affects Healthcare in Sub-Saharan Africa
- In hospitals more than half of the beds are filled with patients with HIV and AIDS
- HIV patients stay 4 times longer in the hospital than patients with regular illnesses
- Nurses and midwives that are exposed to this are more likely to contract the disease
HIV positive patients in hospitals
These people are HIV positive and are getting cared for in a hospital in Sub-Saharan Africa.
A mother and her child
This HIV positive mother is trying to care for her undernourished child in a hospital in Africa.
Women in the hospital
Women with HIV are in a hospital in Malawi waiting to get treated.