AIDS+and+Africa

=**AIDS and Africa**=

40 million people have AIDS worldwide and 23.4 of them live in Africa. More and more people are getting AIDS. In 2006 more people died because of AIDS, than in any previous year. However AIDS in Africa seems to be disappearing gradually.

__AIDS in Malawi__
Poverty is not the only problem they have to worry about in Malawi. After circumvented most of the tuberculosis patients, AIDS takes their place. In some villages 40%-60% are currently dying from AIDS. And 70% percent of the hospital beds are taken by AIDS infected people. The lifespan fell since 1995 from 45 years to 39 years. People will soon not recognize old people.

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Because of AIDS a lot of children loose their parents, or parents loose their children.