The Effects of HIV/AIDS
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- HIV/AIDS
- Effects on the body and health of an individual
- Sufferers can live in ill-health and are susceptible to opportunistic diseases
- As AIDS develop, other symptoms may include: weight loss, chronic diarrhoea, night sweats and skin problems
- Greif, worry, stress and suffering
- In the early stages sufferers may experience fever, headache, muscle aches and genital ulcers
- Economic effects on an individual basis
- Reduction in an individual's wages which can impact upon treatment access, food, nutrition and the ability to buy materials for business
- Some people are unable to work if they become too ill or they may need to stay at home to take care of ill relatives
- Effects on an individual's lifestyle or social life
- Quality of life is impacted
- Children may be removed from education to take care of ill relatives or to work for the family
- Mortality rates in Swaziland have tripled since 1994, the population is now 21% lower than it would have been in the absence of HIV/AIDS
- There is a concern over the longer term impacts with regard to the population structure and child education
- Economic effects on a national basis
- More people become dependent on the state or charities for support
- Less tax generated for the government
- There will be a concern with the quantity of working age people
- There is a reduction in savings in Swaziland and a reduction in foreign investment
- Reduced life expectancy - 49 years in Swaziland
- Development of a country can be halted or reversed. In Swaziland, 2.8% of the country's GDP has been lost due to HIV/AIDS
- Effects on the body and health of an individual
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