UN warns Africa of the scourge of HIV

Date: 4 Mar 2005
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

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.

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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

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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.