HIV Affects on the Economy in

Epidemic lead to the loss of parents and productive citizens AIDS related financial hardships for families Loss of income and cost of caring for a dying family

Expenses have been rising for the treatment of AIDS Scarce resources for HIV/AIDS can divert attention from other health concerns Public funds for health care grow scarce

Employers are hard hit by a lack of work and rising costs for providing health care benefits, and payment of death benefits The agricultural workforce will decline between 10% and 26% by 2020 Slow growth in agricultural production could result in growing food insecurity by 2010

Economic stability is compromised as business and agriculture suffer Studies have shown a loss of 1 to 2 percentage points of annual GDP compared to a ‘no AIDS’ situation Children’s education, nutrition and health suffer directly and indirectly due to AIDS, so therefore it is difficult to account for the loss of human capital The situation could affect economic performance for decades