2. Reduction in productivity
THE EPIDEMIC AFFECTS THE LIFE FORCE OF THE
COUNTRY
THE NUMBER OF ORPHANS INCREASES
AIDS REDUCES PRODUCTION
Among women : between 25-29 years
Age profile of Among men :
infected between 30-39 years
persons In the group 15-20, the HIV
positive women are 5 five times more
numerous than the men.

3. IMPACT ON THE AGRICULTURAL
SECTOR
7million
agricultural Fertile soils
workers have are no longer
died cultivated
There is lack of income for food,
education, funerals…

4. IMPACT ON THE HEALTH SECTOR
It increases Cost of drugs
the number Laboratory tests
of sick Hospital expenses
people in the
country : Lost productive life
It increases Medical treatment in
the global the family
Economic
cost of
consequences in each
treatment

5. IMPACT ON THE SOCIAL SERVICES SECTOR
Specialised work force is lost
Welcoming centres are insufficient
Social rejection of AIDS patients
Lack of committment by society
Lack of financial means
Discrimination against widows and

6. IMPACT ON THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR
Funeral expenses
Absence
Death of
from work
specialised
people
Impact of AIDS Impact of
on business HIV on the
price of
products

7. IMPACT ON NATIONAL SECURITY
The persons most
exposed to HIV/AIDS :
Military personnel The number of
Long distance truck HIV-positives is
drivers still high,
Teachers especially in time
Police personnel of war or of
deployment

8. IMPACT ON THE ORPHANS
Orphans
There are orphans
increase in
with very big
number
family
The extended responsibilities
family cannot Others are exposed to
cope with
the streets and to
them
infections

9. IMPACT ON POPULATION STATISTICS
Life
expectancy
has been
reduced
The population growth
rate has become negative

10. IMPACT ON EDUCATION
Children are
kept out of
school
Children drop out of
Growing death
school because of
rate of
inability to pay fees
teachers

11. Need of
hospitals and
medicines
Training of
Providing
personnel and
volunteers
orphanages
Financial
Transportation support for
of the sick families

12. 5-10% of thise infected are
children under 5 years of age.
In 2001: 8million
THEY NEED:
In 2010: 40million -food,
-clothing,
-love,
-education,
-health care,

13. Loss of right to ownership of Often
land and house drop out
from
Sale of school
land and
work Street children,
tools early sex, risk of
Emigration? HIV

14. Another
for AIDS family that
Ho mes
hans Ad welcomes
orp ole
in c sce
the har nts
fam ge
of
ily
EXTENDED

15. DEFINITION A child under 15 whose mother or
:
parents are dead because of AIDS
To be considered :
The need for Social
Need for
physical and support financial and
medical care (Extended legal support
family...)

16. Healthy child in
infected homes :
School drop-out because the
money is used to :
- cater for the sick family
- cater for siblings
Need for money, that the sick
parents do not earn
Sometimes young girls risk
turning to prostitution

17. Loss of love of a dear on
widows and fear of being infected,
widowers:
social rejection,
Worry about the
children,
loss of inheritance.