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The HIV/Aids epidemic accounts for a quarter of all adult deaths in South Africa, rising to 40 per cent among the sexually active aged between 15 and 49... An estimated 5.3 million South Africans - more than 12 per cent of the population - are infected ... The country's Medical Research Council estimates that the virus would claim the lives of up to seven million people by 2010 if left unchecked, and that the average life expectancy will fall from 54 now to 41 in the same year.
Health	The Church of England Newspaper - Nov 27th 2003



Tanzania is six times bigger than England and has a population of around 35 million. Reportedly, some three million are affected by HIV/Aids. These, however, are only the reported cases... In Tanzania, Aids is spread almost entirely through heterosexual sex ... According to Tanzania's National Aids Control Programme, 98 per cent of the population are aware of Aids. Ignorence is not the problem. Changing people's behaviour is. Despite the high number of deaths, the incidence of HIV/Aids is not decreasing.
Health	The War Cry - Nov 29th 2003



At the end of 2002, it was estimated that over 42 million people worldwide are living with HIV/AIDS- 50,000 of those in the U.K. AIDS has already taken an estimated 15,000 lives in Britian alone and the predictions are that these figures will be on the rise over the next few years.
Health	Enough, Issue 5 2003.



Zimbabwe is experiencing a deepening crisis. What began as a food crisis has grown into an emergency with a deteriorating economy, and an HIV/Aids pandemic. A recent estimate claimed that a third of adults under 40 are infected.
Health	Baptist Times Dec 11th 2003.

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