AIDS in Africa WEBQUEST
A. Type in the following link - http://www.avert.org/ - this will take you to the Avert website that contains a large amount of
information on HIV/AIDS. Click on HIV/AIDS around the World. Then Click on Africa. Scroll down and click on the
History of Aids in Africa. Read “Introduction, before the 1960s – African origins of AIDS, The 1960s- early cases of
AIDS, The 1970s – The first AIDS epidemic”. Describe the theory of where AIDS came from.
B. Type in the following link - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/aids/atlas/ - this will take you to PBS Frontline
Maps on AIDS. Click on HIV/AIDS in the World map and run your cursor around the map to explore and find the answers
to the following questions (use the map key to assist you).
(http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/aids/atlas/world.html)
1. What are the two countries with the highest HIV populations and what is the highest estimate for each one?
a. Country
Highest Estimate
b. Country
Highest Estimate
2. List 5 nations in Africa with the highest living HIV populations.
3. Click on the County profile for Uganda. Answer the following questions:
a. Uganda is located in what “region” of Africa?
b. Today, Uganda is widely hailed as what? Explain why
c. How did Museveni come to in 1986?
d. How did Museveni and his government quickly address this growing issue?
e. Explain the ABC Program
4. Click on the County profile for South Africa. Answer the following question:
a. Explain how HIV/AIDS was addressed by Nelson Mandela when he took power. Why?
C. Look at the top of the map and click to the AIDS Deaths version of the map and answer the following questions (use
the key to assist you) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/aids/atlas/world.html
5. How many people have died in the U.S. from AIDS?
6. How many have died in India?
7. How many have died in South Africa?
8. Which continent has the most countries with death tolls over 25,000?
D. Return to the main map page - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/aids/atlas/ - and click on the map titled
The Money Trail - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/aids/atlas/money.html - and answer the following
questions
9. Which country receives the most HIV/AIDS funding? Approximately how much do they get?
10. Approximately how much money does South Africa get?
11. Approximately how much money does Democratic Republic of the Congo get?
12. Approximately how much money does Mozambique get?
13. Approximately how much money does Nigeria get?
E. Go to http://www.aidsinafrica.net/people_charts.php go through each of the animated graphs. Write a paragraph
reaction to one of the graphs that you looked at and why that graph jump out at you.
F. Go to http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1857136,00.html and answer these questions as you view the
photos”
a. Since it was first reported, approximately how many people have died of AIDS?
b. Approximately how many African children did AIDS leave orphaned in the last 25 years?
c. Of these photos, which one stands out for you? Why?