AIDS IN AFRICA

Helder Francisco
27/03/03


AIDS IN AFRICA

More than 1 in 6 South Africans are HIV positive and this is a conservative estimate, also more than 1800 new people are infected every day, this number may rise to 20% of the general population by the year 2005.

Such figure delineate a big risk for the nation wide population, create an enormous impact on the heath of the workforce and also the future of business, trade and commerce in South Africa. Because the people that are dying now specially the youth generation is the one who suppose to recreate the country in same intend.

The people that are infected with AIDS in South Africa is the poor with particular retaliation, with the high unemployment in township communities to secure a work is real difficult and in another hand there is a lot of discrimination among those there are HIV positive status, and for those lucky enough to have a job, it is prove that their income support 9 others in the family. Also there is a ...