AIDS IN AFRICA

  1. First, you are going to simply look at some numbers. Go to the following website in order to answer these questions:
  1. Under “Worldwide HIV and AIDS statistics”, how many people were living w/ HIV/AIDS in 2010?
  1. How many new infections were there?
  1. How many deaths were there?
  1. Now go back to the main page and click on Sub-Saharan Africa. How many people were living with HIV in 2010? How many of those were children?
  1. Why do they suspect that the number of people living with HIV has gone up since 2009?
  1. Scroll down to look at the individual countries of Sub-Saharan Africa. What 2 countries have the highest % of adults infected with HIV?
  1. How many people TOTAL died of AIDS in 2010 in Sub-Saharan Africa?
  1. If you go back to the original website, click on American HIV/AIDS statistics. How many people as of 2008 does the CDC say are living with HIV in the US? …How many do they ACTUALLY think are living with HIV?
  1. What sex accounts for the largest percentage of HIV/AIDS cases? What is that percent?
  1. What race accounts for the largest percentage of new HIV/AIDS cases?
  1. In recent years about how many deaths are attributed to AIDS in the US?
  1. Next, go to the following website from the Washington Post:
  1. What is the explanation for why girls in Sub-Saharan Africa are more susceptible to contracting HIV than in other parts of the world?
  1. How many people were dying every day from AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa? How many were estimated to die from AIDS by 2010?
  1. How does the number of AIDS orphans in Sub-Saharan Africa compare to the number of children living in the United States? How do you think this will impact these countries in the future?
  1. What, in general, has happened to the life expectancy in many Sub-Saharan African nations?
  1. Now, go to the following website and read the story about South Africa:
  1. What forces made the turn around in HIV contraction amongst babies possible?
  1. Why were the authorities in South Africa so restrained in their excitement over so many babies being saved?
  1. Choose 2 of the 3 articles below to read and write a brief summary for each:

a.“African Women Assert Themselves In Fight Against AIDS”

b. “Mandatory Tests Bolster Botswana’s War On AIDS”

c. “AIDS Leaves Heavy Burden On Orphans”