Thursday, December 16, 2010

Fight against aids

General overview of how AIDS is affecting Africa and its people

Africa is the hardest hit continent where HIV/AIDS are a problem. 28 million are affected which is more than 68% of the HIV+ population.  Women are more affected due to several things. There are alot of organisations working to help fight the spread of HIV/AIDS like AMREF which is slowly helping to improve health in some of the most marginalised areas in Africa.
    This draws my attention no only because we discussed it in class, but because even growing up in school (well high school) they talk briefly about the problem with AIDS in Africa and they tell us to be aware and all of that, but I never really paid attention to the fact that women are greatly hit with it over men, or that there are so many people and organizations out there who are trying to help stop the spread of AIDS. This site is awesome I think because it lets us see at least one person who is trying to get people to donate and assist with getting AIDS stopped.

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