Darkness glooms around Africa as death stalks the giant landmass in the form of HIV and AIDS. Statistics vary wildly throughout Africa due to a low level of technology and limited ways to detect the infection in such a great area.
Many workers in the sex trade of Africa do not like using condoms or any other kind of protection against HIV or AIDS. (Newsweek) They’re main complaint is the hassle is more than the risk. The protection is also a higher percentage of the peoples’ income compared to those of other nations. Half a week’s salary can afford one box of Trojan® in most cases. However, not everyone makes the same salary which means that two weeks salary could equal the price of a box of condoms. Some countries offer free condoms and/or reduced pricing, but the effectiveness of these is nearly impossible to calculate. (AVERT) Although many of the sex trade workers prefer condoms, the men do not. If a guy wants to have sex without a condom and the girl doesn’t, he could just go to the next available prostitute. Even a prostitute needs to make a living. This usually means having sexual intercourse without any protection. (Newsweek) 59% of the people with HIV/AIDS in Africa are women. This a little more than half the amount of people currently infected with the disease.
The majority of African countries and other countries have been in denial of the seriousness of HIV and AIDS. (CBS News) The problem has been denied for 2 decades already. The United States and other 1st world countries haven’t been assisting Africa with these predicaments. Few countries, other than the countries in Africa, have been concerned about this ordeal.
There is a never ending downward spiral of economic, social, and environmental predicaments. 12 million children have been orphaned by HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa. Who’s going to raise the children? Last year alone 1 million Africa schoolchildren lost their teachers to the disease. Who’s going to teach the children? Up to 20% of the nurses and doctors in south Africa are HIV positive. Who’s going to take care of the sick children? (Newsweek) Each week there, 290 babies one-year-old or younger die of AIDS. Many of them are buried alone, unclaimed by parents who don't want the stigma of AIDS on their families. “I'm so angry, and I don't know where to take this anger to," Sam Makhalamayle says. "But I think I'm angry with the fact that all these things happened to me and to probably 80 percent of the people that are HIV positive in this country. And really, nothing is changing." (CBS News)
The country with the highest amount of people living with HIV is South Africa with a whopping 5 million people infected. This total can be translated to 1 in 5 people living in South Africa have either HIV or AIDS. South Africa also has the highest numbers of children under 15 living with HIV/AIDS in the world; estimates range from 180,000 to 280,000. (Do Something)
“In addition to human suffering and loss of life, AIDS in Africa is reversing development and socio-economic gains. Life expectancy is dropping by decades, growth of already fragile economies decreases yearly, and governments experience increasing difficulty in the delivery of essential services including health-care, welfare, crime control, and national defense.” Debra Meyer said at a conference at Rand Afrikaans University. (Debra Meyer)
Furthermore, many life coaches suggest that people interested in helping this growing problem, visit Africa and have conferences with females that are and aren't currently HIV positive. With these conferences, people could discuss issues of family planning, work outside the home, and other options that may be available. This education will assist in slowing the epidemic by helping females understand economic independence and improving the way girls look at themselves, especially in self worth. (Debra Meyer)
The circle goes on and on, but a few of the main factors trigger into even worse turmoil for the rest of the continent. Many of the teachers have HIV or AIDS, with this virus many of them become very sick or even die. This causes the children to not have a teacher for a while unless they find some to fill the spot. Usually the person that feels the spot, is not trained nor educated for the role. This can lead to even more loss of education. Education that could teach the children how to prevent HIV/AIDS and/or what it is. Without this knowledge, the children go out into the real world without knowing the dangers that could occur. Teachers as well as parents could contract the disease and become sick. The children would then be forced to stay home and take care of the parents. This would also lead to missing school and not learning the information provided. If the parents die, then there would be no one to give morals and life lessons to the adolescents. Another factor involved is if the parents die, so does the income for the children to live off of. The kids would then not know what to do to make a living and may become prostitutes to make ends meet. However, if both parents die then the children become orphans.
Other countries around the world that are more fortunate need to start helping Africa control disease or the continent will only have critters on it. This is due to the death rate being much higher than the birth rate.
Many workers in the sex trade of Africa do not like using condoms or any other kind of protection against HIV or AIDS. (Newsweek) They’re main complaint is the hassle is more than the risk. The protection is also a higher percentage of the peoples’ income compared to those of other nations. Half a week’s salary can afford one box of Trojan® in most cases. However, not everyone makes the same salary which means that two weeks salary could equal the price of a box of condoms. Some countries offer free condoms and/or reduced pricing, but the effectiveness of these is nearly impossible to calculate. (AVERT) Although many of the sex trade workers prefer condoms, the men do not. If a guy wants to have sex without a condom and the girl doesn’t, he could just go to the next available prostitute. Even a prostitute needs to make a living. This usually means having sexual intercourse without any protection. (Newsweek) 59% of the people with HIV/AIDS in Africa are women. This a little more than half the amount of people currently infected with the disease.
The majority of African countries and other countries have been in denial of the seriousness of HIV and AIDS. (CBS News) The problem has been denied for 2 decades already. The United States and other 1st world countries haven’t been assisting Africa with these predicaments. Few countries, other than the countries in Africa, have been concerned about this ordeal.
There is a never ending downward spiral of economic, social, and environmental predicaments. 12 million children have been orphaned by HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa. Who’s going to raise the children? Last year alone 1 million Africa schoolchildren lost their teachers to the disease. Who’s going to teach the children? Up to 20% of the nurses and doctors in south Africa are HIV positive. Who’s going to take care of the sick children? (Newsweek) Each week there, 290 babies one-year-old or younger die of AIDS. Many of them are buried alone, unclaimed by parents who don't want the stigma of AIDS on their families. “I'm so angry, and I don't know where to take this anger to," Sam Makhalamayle says. "But I think I'm angry with the fact that all these things happened to me and to probably 80 percent of the people that are HIV positive in this country. And really, nothing is changing." (CBS News)
The country with the highest amount of people living with HIV is South Africa with a whopping 5 million people infected. This total can be translated to 1 in 5 people living in South Africa have either HIV or AIDS. South Africa also has the highest numbers of children under 15 living with HIV/AIDS in the world; estimates range from 180,000 to 280,000. (Do Something)
“In addition to human suffering and loss of life, AIDS in Africa is reversing development and socio-economic gains. Life expectancy is dropping by decades, growth of already fragile economies decreases yearly, and governments experience increasing difficulty in the delivery of essential services including health-care, welfare, crime control, and national defense.” Debra Meyer said at a conference at Rand Afrikaans University. (Debra Meyer)
Furthermore, many life coaches suggest that people interested in helping this growing problem, visit Africa and have conferences with females that are and aren't currently HIV positive. With these conferences, people could discuss issues of family planning, work outside the home, and other options that may be available. This education will assist in slowing the epidemic by helping females understand economic independence and improving the way girls look at themselves, especially in self worth. (Debra Meyer)
The circle goes on and on, but a few of the main factors trigger into even worse turmoil for the rest of the continent. Many of the teachers have HIV or AIDS, with this virus many of them become very sick or even die. This causes the children to not have a teacher for a while unless they find some to fill the spot. Usually the person that feels the spot, is not trained nor educated for the role. This can lead to even more loss of education. Education that could teach the children how to prevent HIV/AIDS and/or what it is. Without this knowledge, the children go out into the real world without knowing the dangers that could occur. Teachers as well as parents could contract the disease and become sick. The children would then be forced to stay home and take care of the parents. This would also lead to missing school and not learning the information provided. If the parents die, then there would be no one to give morals and life lessons to the adolescents. Another factor involved is if the parents die, so does the income for the children to live off of. The kids would then not know what to do to make a living and may become prostitutes to make ends meet. However, if both parents die then the children become orphans.
Other countries around the world that are more fortunate need to start helping Africa control disease or the continent will only have critters on it. This is due to the death rate being much higher than the birth rate.
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