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Human Demography: AIDS in Africa

Human Demography: AIDS in Africa. The Plague. In the dry timber of African societies, AIDS was a spark. The conflagration it set off continues to kill millions. – Washington Post To date more than 42 million people worldwide are living with HIV/AIDS, having nearly 30 million persons in Africa.

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Human Demography: AIDS in Africa

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  1. Human Demography:AIDS in Africa

  2. The Plague

  3. In the dry timber of African societies, AIDS was a spark. The conflagration it set off continues to kill millions. – Washington Post • To date more than 42 million people worldwide are living with HIV/AIDS, having nearly 30 million persons in Africa. • Mortality rate figures show that AIDS has become the leading cause of most deaths in South Africa

  4. AIDS would account for the deaths of between 5 million and 7 million South Africans by the year 2010. 4 million South Africans are infected with HIV, without resources a quarter of the populations deaths in the country are infected adults. AIDS Numbers

  5. The Medical Research Councilreports indicate that 40% of all deaths among South Africans ages 15 to 49 were due to AIDS-related causes. It is estimated that on average, 16.2% of children under age 15 will be orphaned from all causes in 19 African countries by 2010. Imagine

  6. The Lies • Figures on five-year-old death certificates, which often misrepresent the cause of death because they state that infections such as pneumonia, cancer or tuberculosis caused death, which are brought on by an immune system weakened by AIDS. Which are brought on by an immune system weakened by AIDS.

  7. Work Cited • http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/issues/aidsinafrica/ • McGeary,Johanna. Time Magazine. 1998 pg 13-21 • Bollinger L., Stover J. (1999) The economic impact of AIDS', Glastonbury, CT: Futures Group International

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