The following are facts cited in "Acquired Immune Deficiency syndrome" by Gerald J. Stine. Worldwide, about 9,000 persons a day become HIV-infected. The majority of all HIV infections worldwide occur in people ages 15-24. Over 1 million people die of AIDS each year. The number of HIV-infections worldwide has tripled since 1990! It is estimated that there will be a 20% decline in population in East Africa by the year 2001 due to AIDS (Stine, 360). "AIDS is the leading cause of deaths among adult men and the second leading cause of deaths among adult women in Africa" (Bethel, 135). The first for women is pregnancy and abortion related.



"It is extremely difficult to judge the exact extent of AIDS in Africa, either geographically or in the population" so rather than focusing on Western Africa alone, it is most feasible to acknowledge modes of transmission across the African continent as a whole (Bethel, 138). Also, "we can assert that AIDS cases do not occur on the African......

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Title: Aids And Africa
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