Aids in Africa

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Aids in Africa
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Tigist Haile Michael and her brother Yohannes
were orphaned by AIDS. They live on their own in
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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Aids Exposure by Gender

• Male exposes Female (1/200 - 1/2000)
• Female exposes Male (1/700 - 1/3000)
• Male exposes Male (1/10 - 1/1,600)

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SECTION
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Health Care in Modern Africa
Health Care in Africa Africa devastated by
AIDS pandemic - pandemicdisease outbreak in
large population over a wide area AIDS caused
by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) - more
people have HIV than AIDS, so AIDS numbers are
misleading Some African governments hide scope
of disease Experts fear worst-affected
countries could lose 10-20 of populations
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Map of Aids in Africa 2000
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2003
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How Does this Effect Me?
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Statistics and Internet Resources

• http//www.until.org/statistics.shtml
• www.care.org/AIDS
• www.data.org

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• Sudan
• Ethiopia
• Niger
• Mali
• Angola
• Somalia
• Mauritania
• Algeria
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe
• Kenya
• Dem. Republic of the Congo
• Cote D Ivoire
• Madagascar
• South Africa
• Tanzania
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Nigeria

• Sahara Desert
• Nile River
• Lake Victoria
• Lake Malawi
• Lake Chad
• Niger River
• Mt. Kilimanjaro
• Congo River
• Lake Tanganyika
• Namib Desert