As the AIDS epidemic continues to spread, its has had a severe impact
on the African continent. The disease is affecting adults and children
throughout all segments of the population. It is no longer seen as
just a public health crisis, but as an economic development crisis for
African countries. Life expectancy has fallen, poverty is increasing and
economic growth has slowed. Several African countries, including Uganda,
Senegal and Zambia, have had success with extensive education and prevention
programs. There is a growing movement worldwide to make drug therapies
affordable to African countries. This devastation could spread to other
areas of the world. The World Bank, the U.N., the European Community and
NGOs are working to control this epidemic and repair the economic and social
infrastructures it has caused.
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Time Archives
Death
Row
Kenyans would rather not talk about the disease that is destroying
lives and threatening the economy.
Time International, July 17, 2000
Little
Hope, Less Help.
The epidemic has hit with devastating force—and things will get much
worse before they get better.
Time, July 24, 2000
When
the President Is a Dissident
Time, July 24, 2000
The
Cost of Living
Time International, July 17, 2000
Fatal
Destiny
Experts are meeting in South Africa to combat a plague ravaging the
continent—but already there are disputes over the right drug.
Time International, July 17, 2000
Addressing
Africa's Agony
Holbrooke and Gore push the U.N. to combat AIDS as a deadly threat
to the world's security.
Time, January 24, 2000
Orphans
of AIDS
Ten million live in sub-Saharan Africa. TIME asks some what they need.
Time, December 13, 1999
Ethics
and AIDS Drugs
Some countries want to suspend patent and trade laws to get lower-cost
medications to the poor.
Time, July 12, 1999
The
Global Epidemic
AIDS is tightening its grip on the developing world—where costly
new drugs won't do much good at all.
Time, December30,1996/January 6, 1997
Web Sites
P.O.V.: State of Denial The PBS series features a documentary about six South Africans struggling to survive with HIV in the face of social stigma, a severe lack of access to lifesaving treatments, and their president Thabo Mbeki's controversial stance on the connection between HIV and AIDS. Streaming video clips and special features are available on the site. (2003)
"A Generation
of Hope" is a documentary about the orphans of the AIDS crisis in
Zimbabwe. You can watch a streaming video version of the documentary on
the site.
UNAIDS. Joint UN program
on HIV/AIDS.
CNN: Africa in Peril. An in-depth special from CNN focusing on the AIDS epidemic.
The
World Bank. Economic and societal impact of the AIDS epidemic
on developing nations.
SAfAIDS. Southern Africa AIDS
Information Dissemination Service.
International Association
of Physicians in AIDS Care. Education, public policy and medical news
and analysis.
Harvard AIDS Institute.
Harvard University research institute. Education and training, scientific
resources, medical data worldwide.
HIV/InSite. University of California
San Francisco AIDS Research Institute. Statistics, trends, public policy,
medical journal reports worldwide.
Prepared By Joan Levinstein
Time Inc. Research Center
