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AIDS FACTS
in Zimbabwe
- Zimbabwe has been described by the United Nations has having
one of the worst AIDS epidemics.
- Zimbabwe is ranked second to Botswana with the highest HIV
prevalence on the African continent.
- One
in every four adults is infected with HIV.
- It
is reported that more than 2,000 people die every day due
to AIDS.
- In
1998, life expectancy had dropped to 39 years compared to
60 years in the previous decade.
- Fifteen
percent of new AIDS cases are among children under the age
of five.
- It
is projected that in the next decade 45 percent of all the
children in the country will be orphaned by AIDS and half
of these orphans will be HIV positive.
Source:
Report on the Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic, June 2000 (UNAIDS),
IMPACT -- Family Health International, Population, Health and
Nutrition Programs US. Agency for International Development
and AIDS - All Africa.Com.
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