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Study the Table below and fill in the missing words in the next section.


Adults and children

living with HIV in SSA

Adults and children

newly infected

with HIV in SSA

% Adult prevalence

(15–49 years) in SSA

AIDS-related deaths

among adults and

children in SSA

2009

22.5 million

[20.9–24.2 million]

1.8 million

[1.6–2.0 million]

5.0

[4.7–5.2]

1.3 million

[1.1–1.5 million]

2001

20.3 million

[18.9–21.7 million]

2.2 million

[1.9–2.4 million]

5.9

[5.6–6.1]

1.4 million

[1.2–1.6 million]

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Based on information from the previous page and also the table above, read the paragraph below and fill in the missing words.

 

An estimated million adults and children were living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa at the end of 2009. This was a decrease of million people from 2001. In 2009, % of adults aged 15-49-years were HIV positive and million people died of AIDS related. Overall, The rate of new infections has gone down from million in 2001 to million in 2009.

  

 

Based on information from the previous page and also the table above, reflect on the questions below:

  1. Why do you think the number of people infected with HIV/AIDS has increased from 20.3 million in 2001 to 22.5 million in 2009?
  2. Why do you think the number of new infections has reduced from 2.2 million in 2001 to 1.8 million in 2009?
  3. Why do you think that more females than males are infected with HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa?
  4. What do you think are the problems that the 14 million orphaned children in Sub-Saharan Africa face?

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