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HIV/AIDS Prevention
U.N. warns Africa to brace itself for the AIDS time bomb
November 6th, 2004
Africa must brace itself for an AIDS time bomb as 8,000 people are infected with HIV a day in the region worst hit by the pandemic, the United Nations warned. Seventy percent of the 45 million people worldwide infected with HIV live in sub-Saharan Africa, even though the region is home to only 11% of the world's population, said a fund set up to combat 3 of the world's most devastating diseases. The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria said that per capita growth in half of the countries in sub-Saharan Africa is falling by 0.5 to 1.2% each year as a direct result of AIDS. By 2010, per capita GDP in some of the hardest-hit countries may...
Source: Healthcare Mergers, Acquisitions & Ventures Week (2004-11-06)
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