aids
South Africa & SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
IN SOUTH AFRICA
South Africa has 13 out of every 100 adults infected.
More than 30% of pregnant women accessing public health services tested positive for HIV in 2019 (UNAIDS 2020).
1 million South Africans need medication to prevent disease development and death, but only 10% are treated.
Due to the repercussions of the AIDS epidemic on production, and the cost of combating the disease, the South African economy is 17 to 20% smaller than it would have been without the syndrome (Study carried out by 2 American economists: Mr. Jeffrey Lewis from the World Bank and Ms. Channing from Purdue University).
AIDS accentuates poverty while limited access to health services and low levels of education tend to facilitate the progression of the disease.
IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
In sub-Saharan Africa, the epidemic has orphaned more than 17.5 million children. (OSI, 2019).
Sub-Saharan Africa is the most affected region and is home to 67% of all people living with HIV globally and 91% of total new infections among children.
It is estimated that 15% of adults in sub-Saharan Africa are living with AIDS.
In 2008, an estimated 1.9 million people were newly infected with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa, bringing the number of people living with HIV to 22.4 million.
In 2016, an estimated 750,000 deaths from AIDS occurred in sub-Saharan Africa,
or 73% of global deaths.
In the nine southern African countries most affected by HIV, prevalence among young women aged 15 to 24
is on average a little less than twice as high as among men of the same age (2015).
SIDA
UN REPORT
AN OVERVIEW OF THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA AIDS EPIDEMIC IN 2022
In 2008, it was estimated that one in 20 adults in sub-Saharan Africa were living with HIV.
Sub-Saharan Africa remains one of the regions most heavily affected by HIV. In 2008, it accounted for 67% of HIV infections worldwide, 68% of new HIV infections among adults, and 91% of new HIV infections among children. In addition, it is in this region that 72% of global AIDS deaths were recorded in 2008.
Across the region, the impact of the outbreak remains enormous on households, communities, businesses, public services and national economies.
In 2008, it was estimated that more than 14.1 million children had lost at least one parent to AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa.
Main regional dynamics
Heterosexual sex remains the main driver of the epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa, with still significant transmission to newborns and breastfed babies. However, recent epidemiological evidence has revealed that the region's epidemic is more diverse than previously thought:
HIV prevention
There are indications that HIV prevention programs may have an impact on sexual behavior in some African countries. In southern Africa, a trend toward safer sexual behaviors was observed among young men and women between 2000 and 2007.
In South Africa, the proportion of adults reporting condom use during their first sexual experience increased from 31.3% in 2002 to 64.8% in 2008.
As with improving access to antiretroviral therapy, sub-Saharan Africa has made remarkable progress in expanding access to services to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV. In 2008, 45% of HIV-positive pregnant women received antiretroviral drugs, compared to 9% in 2004.
Testimonials
Testimonies from the field
Xolani is 13 years old. His dream ? To become a doctor. For what ? Because Xolani wants to alleviate the suffering of those around him. Many members of his family died without any medical help. The doctors had no choice but to send them away from the hospital: they were terminally ill and there was simply no more room for them... Most of his friends are orphans like him. But Xolani believes with all his heart that one day he will be able to make a real difference and that he will tackle for good the infernal cycle of death that is destroying his people by the AIDS virus. He hopes that someone can help him realize his dream: to study and become a great doctor. Will you be the one?
SORRY
Philasande (4 years old) is still much too young to say what she feels. But his face and his eyes reveal his immense distress. This little girl is a typical example of innocent people living in a region devastated by AIDS and poverty. How can you not be deeply moved when you hear this throbbing pain in the tone of her voice... Like all little girls in the world, Philasande needs to be held in a mother's arms. But also for a dad to take her on his knees. There are millions of them left to their own devices. They live alone in fear, without comfort and without love. Can you help little girls like Philasande?
PHILASANDE
I spent about 2 years in a small Zulu village, in a region where more than one in two people have the AIDS virus. The truth is stark: there are now more than a million orphans in South Africa and almost no one cares for them. They lost their parents, their grandparents, their uncles, their aunts... their entire family... If you could see the sad and lost look of these children! Europeans and Americans come to the field to help them, whether for 1 month or more than 2 years. Others - and this is just as important - give us money to help us take care of these poor orphans. Help us, we need you! Thanks in advance.
DR JEAN-LUC BERTRAND
When I see children abandoned, beaten, raped, enslaved or sent to war, then anger grows within me. Today my sadness increases as I see a new generation of orphans in South Africa with, in pursuit of them, an implacable enemy, devoid of feelings: AIDS and the cohort of diseases that the children will catch: malaria, tuberculosis, pneumonia , etc. I saw a generation of children without family, without home, without affection, without future, totally naked... But I also saw men and women of good will and demonstrated honesty who decided with the help of God and the generosity of men to build welcoming villages to reach these children. I invite you to come, to see, to support and to transmit what I call "the challenge of the West to save Generation Africa