HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa
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- Created on: 14-05-16 16:51
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- HIV / AIDS - Sub-Saharan African countries
- Distribution of causes
- 66% of the population living with HIV/AIDS live in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Gender inequality - in African countries men are socially domenant
- Society - people are more reluctant to get tested
- Limited health and sex education - people aren't aware
- Limited health care- people are less likely to get diagnosed, so they're more likely to pass the disease on
- Distribution of Deaths
- Over 70% of global deaths from HIV/AIDS occur in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Poor health care
- Aren't affordable or available
- Poor health , nutrition and hygiene- increases the risk of other infections that can be fatal as HIV destroys the immune system
- Impacts
- Education
- many families cant afford to send their children to school due to medical expenses
- The cost of replacement teachers places an extra burden
- Many children are withdrawn from education to help at home and take paid work
- Household
- Many people cant work because they have to care for their families, which can lead to extreme poverty
- economically active members become sick
- income fell by 66-80% in South Africa
- medication/ funeral costs can consume 1/3 of the household income
- 15 million children have been orphaned
- children are vulnerable to sexual abuse
- child headed households
- Health services
- 50% of the budget is spent on health care in Zimbabwe
- over half of the hospital beds are occupied by AIDS patients
- health workers become infected and later are too ill to work
- Women
- women are more vulnerable to sexual violence , negotiating condom use can be difficult
- Women are more likely to care for those with HIV
- Grandmothers are becoming carers for their orphan grandchildren
- Agriculture
- 70% of employment
- by 2020 , 20% of workers will be lost due to AIDS
- Implications
- Farmers switch to less labour intensive jobs
- over 30% of household saw their agriculture output halved by the effect of HIV
- increased labour costs
- Demographic
- In Eastern and Southern African countries up to 60% of today's 15 year olds will not reach their 60th
- since 1999 , life expectancy has fallen in 38 African countries due to AIDS
- Life expectancy is predicted to fall below 35 in Zimbabwe , Zambia and Swaziland
- Education
- Distribution of causes
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