severely. Natural disasters, cancer, famine, and many other dreadful problems.

However, what has and still is harming the entire human race the most, is the AIDS virus.

The fact that it can spread so quickly and can not be detected very easily is why this is

such an issue. One of the places that this virus has hit the hardest is on the continent of

Africa. Africa is so poor, and was so unprepared for this disease, the death rate from this

The AIDS virus, or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, is a fatal disease

that has is believed to have come from Africa. It was first diagnosed in Africa and the

United States in the early 1970's. The slow forming part of the disease, called HIV, or

Human Immunodeficiency Virus, spread across the globe throughout the 1980's.

Another place that the virus was identified was in the United States and France among

homosexuals. The patterns and different ways that this disease can spread have changed

over the last 25 years and is becoming a larger threat every day. (1.)

The actual disease HIV, causes immune system damage. It is spread from

Many women in Africa have become commercial sex workers, also known as

women in sub-Saharan Africa are infected with the AIDS virus. The risk that young

contributes to the health status of the population." Aids makes impacts on a few

be approached in order for a cure to be devised. However, there have been a few

AIDS/HIV epidemic that is running rampant through Africa is NO. There is no proven

child. Some of the places that the AIDS virus can be found devastating is in third world

1,700 people contract AIDS/HIV each day, it is obvious that something has to be done.

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