Influence of widow inheritance on the epidemiology of AIDS in Africa
Okeyo, T.M.; Allen, A.K.
African Journal of Medical Practice 1(1): 20-25
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 1023-8190 PMID: 12287806 Document Number: 285029
HIV infection and AIDS are problems of global magnitude and concern. A globally cooperative approach is therefore needed to control and prevent the expansion of the ongoing pandemic. 138,976 AIDS cases were reported globally at the end of 1988, and 203,599 by the end of 1989. It is estimated that by early 1994, at least two million cases of AIDS had occurred in sub-Saharan Africa since the beginning of the epidemic. Spreading rapidly, AIDS threatens to be one of the most costly diseases of all time and has already caused more political and religious problems than any other disease. The author considers the epidemic, impact on mortality, projections, and prevention.