AIDS has affected the economy of Sub-Saharan Africa by reducing the available work force. Many people with AIDS either pass away or are too ill to work.
AIDS has affected the economy of Sub-Saharan Africa by reducing the available work force. Many people with AIDS either pass away or are too ill to work.
HIV and AIDS
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There are diseases that are region/location specific but there is no reason that the diseases in Africa should be Sub Saharan other than the Sahara itself has no real population to become diseased.
In 2009 around 1.3 million people died from AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa and 1.8 million people became infected with HIV. Since the beginning of the epidemic 14.8 million children have lost one or both parents to HIV/AIDS. 9 around 1.3 million people died from AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa and 1.8 million people became infected with HIV. Since the beginning of the epidemic 14.8 million children have lost one or both parents to HIV/AIDS.
"In Africa, AIDS is called the grandmothers' disease because the burden ofcaring for the sick and the survivors falls on older women."
sub-saharan Africa
HIV and AIDS
Sub-Saharan Africa And the Caribbean
South Africa with more than 5 million infected as of 2003.
HIV is most prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa. Southern Africa is hard-hit.
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There are diseases that are region/location specific but there is no reason that the diseases in Africa should be Sub Saharan other than the Sahara itself has no real population to become diseased.
Stopped economy from growing because of the deadly disease going around such as aids
The Economic Impact of AIDS in South Africa (Follow the Web link below)
Since 1982 more than 25 million people have died from AIDS/HIV.
Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest incidence of AIDS globally, with countries like Eswatini, Lesotho, and South Africa having particularly high rates of HIV infection. This region accounts for a significant portion of the world's AIDS cases.