AIDs IN AFRICA

HISTORY

• AIDS is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
• It originated in non-human primates in Sub-Saharan Africa
• It started in the late 19th and 20th century
• Has become the leading cause of death world wide

SPREAD

• From mother to child
• Transfer blood
• Injection drug use
• Sexual contact

ORPHANS

• 70,000 new orphans a year
• 80% of all AIDS orphans still have one living parent
• By 2010, estimated 20 million children will be orphaned
• Family's primary wage earners are the one who usually die

ECONOMIC IMPACT

• Three million people died from AIDS in 2001
• 70% of the world's people living with HIV/AIDS are in Africa
• AIDs will have long term economic consequences
• Lower domestic productivity reduces exports, while imports of expensive goods may increase

ANTIRETROVIRALS

• It is the main treatment but not a cure
• It can stop a person from becoming ill for years
• They have to take it everyday for the rest of their lives
• It stops the virus from reproducing itself