The United Nations states in Addis Adaba that more than eighty million Africans may die from Aids by 2025. The numbers could soar to ninety million, or more than 10% of the continent's population, if more immediate action wasn't taken to fight the disease. More than twenty-five million Africans have already been infected with HIV, the virus that causes Aids. UNAids estimated that nearly $200bn is needed to save sixteen million people from death and forty-three million people from becoming infected.
eventREF E-0013646Revised
4 March 2005
UN warns Africa of the scourge of HIV
- Updated
- 30 Sep 2019
How we know this
- 01he people History,"UN 2005 United Nations Africa and Aids March 4th, 2005",From: The people History,[Online],Available at: www.thepeoplehistory.com,[Accessed on:05 February 2014]
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2011, March 16). UN warns Africa of the scourge of HIV. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013646
South African History Online (2011) 'UN warns Africa of the scourge of HIV', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013646 (Accessed: 7 October 2026).
South African History Online, UN warns Africa of the scourge of HIV [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013646, (accessed 7 October 2026).
"UN warns Africa of the scourge of HIV." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013646. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.
South African History Online. "UN warns Africa of the scourge of HIV." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013646.
Also on 4 March
- 1955Inaugural Conference of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU)
- 1963Walter Sisulu convicted of inciting protest
- 1963ANC leader Walter Sisulu is convicted and sentenced to six years in prison for contravening the unlawful Organisations Act
- 1970S.P. Botha, Minister of Water Affairs, proposes new schemes to ease the Western Cape’s water supply problem
- 1976Daryll Cullinan, SA cricket player, is born in Kimberley.
- 1980ZANU-PF wins the first free elections in Zimbabwe
- 1980ZANU-PF under Robert Mugabe wins the first free elections in Zimbabwe and Robert Mugabe becomes president
- 1990Hundreds of political prisoners began a hunger strike at Robben Island
Search events by date
This day in history
What happened on your birthday?
SAHO is free because readers fund it. Donate →