The document discusses the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Africa, particularly Sub-Saharan Africa. Some key points include: - Sub-Saharan Africa is home to 10% of the world's population but accounts for 66% of global HIV infections. Some countries are at risk of disappearing due to AIDS. - HIV originated from chimpanzees in western Africa and was transmitted to humans in the 1940s. It has since spread rapidly across the continent and globally. - In 2009, over 1.3 million people died of AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa alone, down from over 2 million in 2006 due to increased availability of antiretroviral drugs. - Countries like Swaz

1. HIV/AIDS in Africa July 2011

2. Africa There are 1.1 bilion people living in Africa Sub-Saharan Africa has 836 million people 307 million people live in the USA Africa is 3x the land mass size of the US and is made up of 53 different countries The bottom half of Africa is considered “sub-Saharan” Africa Sub-Saharan Africa is home to 10% of the world’s population, but carries 66% of the world’s people who are infected with HIV Some countries in sub-Saharan Africa are in danger of disappearing – dying – due to the AIDS pandemic

4. What is HIV/AIDS ? Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is a collection of symptoms and infections resulting from the specific damage to the immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in humans A person can have HIV without having AIDS , but HIV will develop into AIDS over time without treatment Infected people don’t die of AIDS , they die of AIDS related illness: Tuberculosis, malaria, influenza There is no cure for AIDS

5. How did it begin ? A descendent of SIV (simian immunodeficiency virus) found in west African chimpanzees The virus jumped to humans in the 1940’s in Cameroon, West Africa The most widely accepted theory is that it entered humans through hunting and eating monkeys The oldest confirmed case of HIV was from the Leopoldville in the Congo

6. And then what happened ? Mass vaccination programs in the 1960’s reusing needles hundreds of times Congo won independence in 1960 - the UN recruited Haitians professionals to rebuild the country - infected Haiti & area 1981 first recorded case on US soil 1986 Uganda had 17.8% infection rate 2000 Botswana had 37.5% infection rate 2005 Swaziland lead at 42% infection rate Statistics vary depending on the source

7. AIDS pandemic There are 33.3 million people living with HIV/AIDS in the world - 2/3 of them live in sub-Saharan Africa. The average life expectancy in Africa is 47 years, but in Swaziland it is 29 There are approximately 2.5 million children living with HIV today - 2.2 million of them in Africa In 2009 2.6 million people were newly infected with HIV - 642,000 of them were children

8. Death On average 274 people die every hour of AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa alone That means 6,575 people every day In 2005 2.8 million people died of AIDS globally - 290,000 of them were children In 2009 1.3 million people died of AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa (down from 2.1 million in 2006 due to ARV’s)

9. How do you contract HIV/AIDS? Unprotected sexual activity There is no such thing as “safe sex” Child birth Body fluid/blood to blood transfer You can not get it by sharing an apple

10. How do you NOT get it? A - Abstain B - Be faithful C - Condoms

11. How did it spread so fast? High risk life of long distance drivers

13. How did it spread so fast? 2. Profitable mining practices

15. AIDS has a woman’s face On average there are 36 young women living with HIV for every 10 young men in Africa (ages 15-49).

16. Global perspective fastest spread of AIDS is in Russia and Ukraine through intervenes drug use China has 1 million people infected with HIV/AIDS with limited public knowledge of the disease India has 2.4 million infected people US has 1 million people living with HIV with 43,000 infections in 2009

17. Swaziland The population of Swaziland is 950,000 , down from 1.1 million in 2005 Swaziland is the #1 AIDS infected country in the world where almost 1 out of 2 people (age 20-30) are infected with HIV/AIDS (46% prevalence rate) Swaziland has 15,000+ orphan headed households August 2004 70,000 orphans October 2005 132,000 orphans in Swaziland 2010 200,000 orphans in Swaziland 2011 – estimated 500,000 OVC’s 120,000 orphans in 1 st and 2 nd grade alone

18. So what does it look like?

19. Extreme poverty

20. Children watch their parents die

21. Orphan Headed Households

22. Children living on the street

23. 9+ year old girls are in prostitution so they can eat

24. No Education Majority of Africans only have a grade 4 education Orphan headed households can’t possibly afford school fees Without education the spread of AIDS will continue to grow 75% of girls between the ages of 15-24 do not know that AIDS is sexually transmitted 50% of all new HIV infections in 2009 were with girls age 15-24 (2.7 million in Africa)

25. Children inhale glue and gasoline to escape

26. No basic needs

27. Little access to fresh water

28. Adults and children pick through garbage cans to eat and survive

29. Children live alone

30. Children starve to death

31. Every 3 seconds a child dies of starvation/malnutrition = 30,000 children die every day = 11 million children die every year of hunger/malnutrition Why? Because there was no one there to provide food for them.

32. The face of AIDS in Swaziland.

33. Cindi’s story

34. Tomorrow Look closer at the people around you Their age Their health Their heart Pray for Swaziland Give thanks for all that the Lord has given you Ask Him what He wants you to do next.

35. www.heartforafrica.org