Hi, need to submit a 3500 words paper on the topic HIV and AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Hi, need to submit a 3500 words paper on the topic HIV and AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa. Africa is the most affected region of the world, wherein 12 countries the rate of infection is at 10% and in 6 countries in the region having HIV infections rates of more than 20%.&nbsp. The effect of the epidemic of AIDS on Sub-Saharan Africa has had widespread effects, creating consequences that have challenged the culture across many social issues.&nbsp. According to Terry (2007. 137), 62% of those who are living with HIV in the world are in the Sub-Saharan region of Africa.&nbsp. The World Health Organization (2004. 3-4) reports that 57% of the cases are women and girls and that the effects of the devastation, in the form of caretaking, income loss, and rising opportunities of violence and inequality that make females victims.&nbsp. However, it is the young that are seeing the biggest increases in infection, accounting for almost half of newly reported cases.&nbsp.

Treatments that are available to help control HIV and AIDS are not widely available in developing countries, and the nature of the treatment as it requires a developed program that is consistent and regimented makes distribution difficult.&nbsp. Only 7% of those needing these treatments are receiving them on a regular basis.&nbsp.

The effect that AIDS has had on Sub-Saharan Africa has reached beyond just the infected and into social and economic areas of concerns.&nbsp. The popular myth is that the disease primarily affects the impoverished, however, the disease has affected all classes of people, affecting nearly one-third of adults at their economic prime (Falola 2007. 386). “Indeed, in some cases, infection rates are higher among highly trained workers, such as teachers, health-care workers, miners, and truckers, than in the general population”(Falola 2007. 386).&nbsp. The consequences on the economy are that the effects of the disease inhibit productive activity, which creates a stall in the advancement of the economic health of the regions.&nbsp. The economic health of the country becomes relevant to its capability to distribute and finance the health care of the individuals who are suffering from the disease, thus creating a downward cycle of damage that requires outside resources in order to manage the illness.