The Effects of HIV and AIDS in Africa HIV and AIDS have hit Africa the hardest of any other region in the world. At the end of 2007, there were an estimated 22.5 million people living with this insidious disease. Sadly, another 1.7 million additional people contracted the disease during that same year. The statistics only get worse. Deaths due to AIDS in 2007 were estimated to be around 1.6 million in this region alone. Other victims are the children who were orphaned because of AIDS deaths. The number of these children has reached a staggering 11 million. It has become increasingly clear ...
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