This document summarizes the geography and history of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. It begins by explaining what HIV/AIDS is. It then discusses how the epidemic originated in Africa in the 1930s likely from monkeys/apes and spread. Today, sub-Saharan Africa accounts for most HIV/AIDS cases and deaths. The epidemic has now spread globally with an estimated 34 million people living with HIV/AIDS in 2011. In the US, the first AIDS cases were reported in 1981 and has since caused over 500,000 deaths. Certain urban areas and populations like gay/bisexual men have been most severely affected. In conclusion, HIV/AIDS disproportionately impacts low/middle-income countries and regions where it originated like sub

1. The AIDS Atlas
By Morgan Emily Patterson

2. The Thesis
Geographic correlations can be
drawn between the different
regions of high HIV infections and
Auto Immune Deficiency
diagnoses.

3. What is HIV AIDS?
 H “Human”
 I “Immunodeficiency
 V “Virus
 A “Acquired”
 I “Immuno”
 D “Deficiency”
 S “Syndrome”

4. Where Did It Begin?
Africa
1930s
Monkey/Ape Theory
Much remains a mystery

5. Past to Present Correlations
 Sub- Sahara Africa is responsible for two-thirds of
all HIV/AIDS cases
 75% of HIVS/AIDS Deaths
 In South Africa, 29% of pregnant woman have
HIV
 20% of Zimbabwe's adult population has HIV/AIDS
 Poverty, Inadequate Healthcare and education,
and promiscuity keep this unfortunate trend in
affect

7. The Global Epidemic
 AIDS is prevalent in every country today
 In 2011, an estimated 34 million people had
HIV/AIDS
 And almost 3 million of them died
 25 million deaths World Wide

8. AIDS in America: A History
Timeline
 1981- first official reporting of what would soon be
the AIDS epidemic
 1985- The link between HIV and AIDS is
discovered
 1989- 100,000 reported AIDS cases
 1995- 500,000 reported AIDS cases
 2007- 565,000 deaths since 1981

9. AIDS in America: Today
 1.2 million
 1 in 7 people with HIV are unaware of their
infection
 1 and 4 HIV infections are among youth ages 13-
24 and have no idea that they have it

10. AIDS in America: Map

11. AIDS in America:
Geographical and Cultural
Trends
 Very prevalent in Urban Areas with larger populations
 Many of these regions are impoverished

13. AIDS in America:
Geographical and Cultural
Trends
 Gay and Bisexual Men of all races are the most
severely affected
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15. Final Geographic
Conclusions and Trends
 Most cases of HIV are from countries or areas with
low- or middle-income regions due to
inadequate healthcare, education and cultural
circumstances
 Sub-Sahara Africa is responsible for the most
amount of cases due to the fact that it was the
originating region of the virus
 It continues to spread to a variety of regions due
to the lack of a cure

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