HOW HAS THE SPREAD OF AIDS AFFECTED AFRICAN SOCIETY
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2. Stine, Gerald J. "Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
The facts written are by Gerald J. Stine in "Acquired Immune Deficiency syndrome" . Worldwide, about 9,000 persons a day become HIV-infected. The majority of all HIV infections worldwide occur in people ages 15-24. Over 1 million people die of AIDS each year. The number of HIV-infections worldwide has tripled since 1990! It is estimated that there will be a 20% drop in population in East Africa by the year 2001 because of AIDS (Stine, 360). "AIDS is the leading cause of deaths among adult men and the second leading cause of deaths among adult women in Africa" (Bethel, 13).
"It is extremely difficult to judge the exact extent of AIDS in Africa, either geographically or in the population" so rather than just focusing on Western Africa , we......
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