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  2. HIV/AIDS in Africa - Wikipedia

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    Prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Africa, total (% of population ages 15–49), in 2021 (World Bank) HIV / AIDS originated in the early 20th century and remains a significant public health challenge, particularly in Africa. Although the continent constitutes about 17% of the world's population, it bears a disproportionate burden of the epidemic. As of 2023, around 25.6 million people in sub-Saharan ...

  3. HIV/AIDS in South Africa - Wikipedia

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    The World Bank and United Nations source their data on HIV prevalence from Statistics South Africa. According to Statistics South Africa's [7] mid-year population estimates for 2018, [8] the total HIV prevalence rate for the country is 13.1%. The HIV prevalence rate for all adults aged 15 to 49 is 19.0%. [8] Statistics South Africa estimates ...

  4. List of HIV/AIDS cases and deaths registered by region

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    Globally, some 35.3 million are living with HIV/AIDS, World Health Organization (WHO), an estimated 36 million people have died since the first cases were reported in 1981 and 1.6 million people died of HIV/AIDS in 2012. [1] Using WHO statistics, in 2012 the number of people living with HIV was growing at a faster rate (1.98%) than worldwide ...

  5. 28 Stories of AIDS in Africa - Wikipedia

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    The book profiles 28 Africans who have HIV/AIDS, who have worked in healthcare or advocacy, or have otherwise been affected by the pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa, noting that 70% of global HIV cases are in sub-Saharan Africa. [5] The book opens with background material about the work of Nolen, an explanation of HIV/AIDS in lay terms, and notes ...

  6. HIV adult prevalence rate - Wikipedia

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    [2] [5] While South Africa's large population of HIV-positive people is attributable to its high disease prevalence (17.3%, one of the highest in the world), Nigeria's is lower at 1.3%. [1] However, countries such as Nigeria with high HIV rates above 1% are classified as having Generalized HIV Epidemics (GHEs) by UNAIDS.

  7. African Journal of AIDS Research - Wikipedia

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    The African Journal of AIDS Research is a peer-reviewed medical journal published in 2002 by the National Inquiry Services Centre (Grahamstown, South Africa) on topics related to understanding the social dimensions to AIDS in Africa.

  8. HIV/AIDS in South African townships - Wikipedia

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    [7] Orphanhood is a severe consequence of the AIDS epidemic in South African townships: a 2006 study stated that there were 2.2 million AIDS-orphaned children in South Africa alone. AIDS orphans in an urban Cape Town township have been shown to have significant rates of depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress, peer relationship difficulties ...

  9. Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS - Wikipedia

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    Although AIDS is a global disease, the CDC reports that Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest prevalence of HIV and AIDS worldwide, and accounts for approximately 61% of all new HIV infections. Other regions significantly affected by HIV and AIDS include Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia.