AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa: 'the thief that comes at night' (Hazel Rose Barrett)
It is now 25 years since HIV/AIDS was first identified. In that time every global region has been affected by this disease for which there is no vaccine or cure. In 2008, 33 million people globally were living with HIV, of these 22 million (67 per cent) were living in sub-Saharan Africa, with 75 per cent of all AIDS deaths occurring in this region. Thus sub-Saharan Africa, which is home to 11 per cent of the world’s population and is the least developed of any global region, is bearing a disproportionate burden of this disease.
HIV/AIDS has robbed people of their health and lives; it has snatched parents from children; and is stifling economic and human development in the region. This lecture will examine the geography and epidemiology of the HIV/AIDS epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa and will evaluate the impacts on the region. The lecture will conclude by commenting on the links between the HIV/AIDS epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa and the current HIV/AIDS situation in the UK.
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AIDS is sub-Saharan Africa: 'the thief that comes at night'