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In 1984, a new deadly disease struck Africa, which ate the fat off all its victims, leaving them with little more than their skeleton, prompting the natives to nickname this disease "Slim." "Slim" rapidly developed from a localized matter to a full-blown continental epidemic, adapting the more scientifically appropriate name, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). AIDS is caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, more commonly known as HIV. This disease, the origin of which remains unknown, has devastated much of Africa, especially the sub-Saharan section, for the past 20 years. Despite the fact that the disease obliterated a large portion of the population over these past years and will continue to do so, it has only been in recent years that most governments, both African and Western, have really begun to take the first steps of solving this problem.
AIDS spread across Africa like wildfire, though its primary zone of infection has been sub-Saharan Africa. 24.5 million of the 34.3 million cases of AIDS in the world today come from sub-Saharan Africa, where 11,000 people are infected per day (3). These areas are expected to see an astonishing decrease in life expectancy in the coming years. In Zimbabwe for example, the life expectancy in 2005 is supposed to be about 61 years. However in 2010, that number is predicted to plummet to about 33 years (3). Over 10% of the populations ages 15 through 49 in sixteen African countries are now infected with HIV or AIDS. As a result of losing so many productive members of their societies, these countries can expect a significant decrease in economic output (5) and an increase in orphans. These countries include Kenya, where 15% of the adult population is infected, Namibia, where 22.5% are sick, Swaziland, 33.4%, and a staggering 38.8% are ill in Botswana (4). In South Africa, 5 million of the adults (20.1%) 15 through 49 are infected, the highest number of any country in the world (4).
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