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The African
Imperative
One hundred percent of the twenty nations in the world with the
highest HIV seroprevalence among adults, and 100% of the world's highest
HIV-related mortality rates per capita, are in sub-Saharan Africa. The
devastation to these men, women, and children has been, is now, and will
be catastrophic to social, economic, and political stability well into
the future. The scope and scale of the devastation is beyond human
comprehension.
Because of various social and
cultural traditions, those hardest hit have been women and children -
both children infected by HIV/AIDS and those left orphaned when their
mothers and fathers have succumbed to this plague. Over 38% of adults
are HIV-positive in Botswana, 33.7 % in Zimbabwe, 33.4 % in Swaziland, and 20.1% in
South
Africa. There are a quarter of
a million HIV-positive children under the age of fifteen in
South
Africa.
South
Africa has the fastest growing rate of
HIV infection in the world.
Despite world protestations of solidarity, HIV appears
poised to decimate the human population of Africa in a way unlike any epidemic in recorded
history.
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Learn More and Participate!
Visit www.Kubatana.net to
connect with other organizations working towards justice in
Zimbabwe.
Read about MCC's February 2006 trip to South Africa.
Visit MCC's HIV/AIDS Social Transformation Webpage
and HIV/AIDS Resource page to find support and learn
about our ministries.
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