Thursday, January 29, 2009

Life Expectancy


Aids and HIV dramatically changes the life expectancy of Africans. South Africa has the highest life expectancy withabout 48 years. It would be about 69 without Aids or Hiv.

HIV prevention



Hiv can be prevented in many ways. You can't get rid of HIV but you can live a long life. You can take medicine to prevent HIV. Condoms are a good way to prevent HIV. People in Africa need to start preventing HIV and AIDS so they can have more middle aged men and women.

How many children are affected by HIV or AIDS?

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Aids in Children


Did you know that 54.9% of all children under 15 that have HIV or AIDS live in Africa? Its true, .245 million kids under the age of 15 are living with HIV or AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. Also many kids are left orphans because there parents died of AIDS.