What do you think the message of this
picture is?
Which region of the world has the
highest HIV/AIDS infection rates?
What conclusion(s) can you draw from this
graph about HIV/AIDS infection rates ?
AIDS Fact List
(Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)
1. Most people get HIV by having unprotected sex with
a person who is infected. The virus may also be spread
through contaminated blood and from mothers to
babies during childbirth and pregnancy. There are no
documented cases of HIV being transmitted by saliva.
2. A person first contracts HIV, the virus that causes
AIDS. HIV becomes AIDS when the immune system is
seriously damaged.
3. AIDS weakens the body’s immune system. Most
people with AIDS die from colds or pneumonia-like
illnesses.
Facts Continued…..
4. It may take years for symptoms to appear. Some
people get fevers, headaches, sore muscles and
joints; most people think it is the flu. HIV positive
people can spread the disease, even if they don’t
have symptoms.
5. There is no cure for AIDS.
6. ARV’s (Antiretroviral = Medicine)
– Help to treat the AIDS virus.
– Are expensive; many people cannot afford
them.
AIDS/HIV in Africa
7. AIDS became an epidemic in the 1970’s and is expected to
continue spreading at an increased rate.
8. Sub-Saharan Africa is the most infected region in the world.
Sub-Saharan Africa has 70% of ALL HIV/AIDS cases in the world.
9. South Africa has the largest number of people living with
HIV/AIDS in the world 5.6 million people infected.
10. IN 2012:
1.6 million NEW HIV/AIDS infections
1.2 million deaths
3.2 million children are living with the diease
49 is the average life expectency for many sub-saharan
countries
What do you notice about this graph?
AIDS/HIV in the U.S.
The rates of infection in the United
States are 40% higher than had been
estimated for the past decade. The
new estimates show that there are
56,000 new HIV infections each year in
the U.S.
(August 2008)
The AFFECTS on a country
AIDS negatively affects the economies of
highly-infected countries because:
– Fewer workers
– Money is being spent to help treat the virus
rather than being spent to develop the
country’s infrastructure and economy
– Orphans must be taken care of and helped by
the government
– It overwhelms the health care industry
Why Africa?
• Economics & Politics
• Lack of Health Care
– No development of the colonies
– Poverty
– Migrant workers
• Education
– Teachers are sick there is no school
(30% of teachers in Zambia are
infected).
•
– 12,000 students in one country
cannot go to school because there is
no teacher.
– Kids cannot go to school because they
have to take care of their sick family
members.
• Gender
– There is not equal rights for women in
Africa. (Men have the power)
– Women are second-class citizens.
•
– Follow customary laws.
– Girls are pulled from school to help
care for family members (grow up
without an education)
– Expensive drugs to prolong life ($17,000 a
year)
– Average income is $300.00
– Corrupt leaders
– Lack of doctors
Nutrition & Food
– Lack of ability to grow food or to buy food
because they are sick.
– 80% of people in Africa are subsistence
farmers.
– Good nutrition = good health
– Choose crops that are easy to grow but
has no nutrients.
– Forced to sell possessions because they
have to buy food or medicines.
WAR
– 50% of soldiers in Rwanda were infected
with HIV.
– After the war – 1,000’s of women were
infected.
What should the U.S role be to combat
AIDS worldwide?
What is the U.S. doing to help?
• In 2010 - 1 billion dollar annual loans to finance
the purchase of AIDS drugs & medical services to
African countries.
• U.S. is trying to get drug manufactures to release
AIDS drugs to be reproduced cheaper so African
families can afford them.
• Providing an education to African countries.
How will AIDS affect Botswana’s
population pyramid in 2050?
What is the message of this cartoon?
AIDS ASSESSMENT
1. Where in the world is HIV/AIDS most
widespread?
2. What type of population pyramid would you
expect from a country with high HIV/AIDS
infection rate?
3. What is one problem faced by countries with
high HIV/AIDS infection rates?
Watch PBS News Hour:
AIDS Orphans in South Africa
1. On average, how many South Africans
contract HIV/AIDS per day?
2. Why do you think the 15+ million AIDS orphans
are called the “Lost Generation?”
3. Why do you think South Africa’s Health
Minister compares the impact of HIV/AIDS with
war?
4. How does AIDS affect individuals, families,
communities, and countries?