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World distribution and economic effects of AIDS
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AIDS - Acquired immune deficiency syndrome World distribution and economic effects of AIDS AIDS was first diagnosed in the USA and although now a world wide pandemic, the main extent of the AIDS problem is concentrated in the continent of Africa, especially south of the Sahara desert. In 2004 30 million Africans were infected and living with AIDS, it is estimated that up to a third of central African are infected with the virus HIV. In other parts of the world the AIDS problem at this time is not so severe however the virus is spreading rapidly, especially in Russia and the former Soviet Union countries. In South East Asia the problem is growing the fastest, due to half the world's population living in that corner of the world. It is thought that by 2010 the AIDS problem in South East Asia will have dwarfed the problem in Africa. Currently in western...
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