AIDS Pandemic in Africa
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, more commonly known as the AIDS virus, is often said to be a global killer, but the African continent has reached pandemic levels of people who are plagued with this killer virus. Africa constitutes 10% of the world's population, but is home to 90% of all new HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) infections with 14 million dead and 24 million infected. The AIDS threat in Africa continues to be the leading cause of death in a country where death surrounds you everywhere you look. I would like to discuss how unsafe sex practices are leading to the downfall of the second largest continent in the world.
AIDS is a major social problem that has major economic repercussions. Nelson Mandella once stated that "AIDS kills those on whom society relies to grow the crops, work in the mines and factories, run the schools and hospitals and govern countiesÂ… It creates new pockets of poverty when parents die and children leave......
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