HIV/AIDS in Botswana.
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 03:11:19
Category: / Literature / North American
Length: 6 pages (1523 words)
Category: / Literature / North American
Length: 6 pages (1523 words)
An estimated 25 million people in Africa were living with AIDS in 2003 (AIDS and HIV Statistics for Africa). In Botswana alone, the AIDS prevalence rate is an immense 36.5% (HIV and AIDS in Botswana). In Botswana, AIDS has been an ongoing epidemic since the first case reported in 1985 (HIV and AIDS in Botswana). AIDS is caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), which weakens a person's immune system causing them to be more susceptible to infectious diseases …
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…strengthen the country, and provide so many more benefits. Clearly this is a problem that can be fixed, but it first starts with caring about the people who are dying of this disease. We need to help change the behaviors and conditions that accelerate its spreading. We can all help with this problem by being aware of it, giving money, and pressuring on the US government to send humanitarian aid to those people in need.
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