Basic Questions on AIDS

• What is AIDS?
• How do you get it?
• How did it become a pandemic?
• Why is Aids so frequent in Africa?
• How is it affecting the continent?
• What is being done about it?
 What is AIDS?
• AIDS is the acronym for
Auto Immune Deficiency
Syndrome

• Basically, it is a virus that

renders your immune
system useless

• AIDS is first contracted

through HIV (Human
Immunodeficiency Virus)
How do you get AIDS/HIV?
• Most often transmitted
through sexual intercourse

• The virus is passed down

through birth

• Any contact with an

infected person bodily
fluids will cause the
receiver have to have the
virus
 How did it become a Pandemic?
• AIDS was first discovered in the 1981’s
• It was not declared a threat till the late 90’s
• AIDS/ HIV has now become a PANDEMIC
• 65 million are infected and 25 million died
• Of those people, 65% resides in South
Africa
• It is a growing threat in every part of the
world, not just South Africa
 Why is AIDS so frequent in
Africa?
• As the threat of AIDS in the world increased in the
1990’s, Africa was most affected
• Why? It is because treatment and diagnosis of the
disease were rare occurrences
• Additionally a poor economy and society caused
ignorance and a lack of protection
• People lived their lives without even knowing they
had a destructive virus
• The poorest of African nations such as most of
Southern Africa, had the highest cases of HIV/ AIDS
 Facts about AIDS in Africa
• 60% of Africa’s
population has AIDS
• 1 in 5 adults
(worldwide) have AIDS
• 6,000 die everyday and
11,000 are infected daily
• Life expectancy has
decreased to 47 years
• Southern Africa is the
colossus of AIDS
• 1.5 million deaths per
year from AIDS
• More people die from
AIDS than wars on the
continent
• Women are more
affected than men
Death Rate in Sub-Saharan
Africa
People with AIDS in the World
V.S. those in Africa
 How is it Affecting the
Continent?
• 12 million children are
orphaned by AIDS
• Adults cannot work,
Children lose their
parents and mothers
diagnosed before child
birth, contaminate
their children
• Thousands of families
are devastated, and
society as a whole is
damaged
 What is being done about it?
• Many African leaders deny
their nation has AIDS,
preventing any treatment or
prevention efforts
• However, some leaders
promote safe sex and the
use of a condom
• Over the years there has
been an increase in condom
supply in Africa
• There are condom
substitutes, which are
cheaper but not as effective
such as cream for women
• More counseling and
treatment options have
been more frequent
• Nations like Uganda and
Senegal have been able to
keep AIDS under control
Help outside of Africa
• Nations, such as the
United States have been
advocating AIDS
prevention for a long time
• Countries also provide
relief for certain areas of
Africa
• Programs such as the Red
Ribbon Effort and (RED)
have developed to help
those suffering from HIV/
AIDS
Present Day Africa
 Bibliography
• Site 1: Shah, Anup. "AIDS in Africa- Global Issue."
http://www.globalissues.org/article/90/aids-in-africa
• Site 2: Kanabus, Annabel. "HIV and AIDS in
Africa." http://www.avert.org/aafrica.htm
• Site 3: Tweeton, Lon. "Aids in Africa."
http://www.time.com/time/2001/aidsinafrica/map_fl
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