1. Case study: AIDS Epidemic

2. Statistics AIDs kills 10,000 people a day
25.8 million people are affected in Sub-Saharan Africa
It is an epidemic – infectious disease that is widespread in a community
More than 1 million adults die of HIV/AIDs every year
14 million children are orphaned by AIDs

3. Compared to the rest of the world

4. Reason #1 – Started in Africa
Disease originated in the Africa so it has had more time to spread
The exact origin is still unknown and debated today, information is still being researched.

5. Reason #2 - Colonization
Africa was weakened by slavery and colonization for roughly 500 years
Hoarding resources
Europeans left with many resources Africans needed after independence
Today much of the aid from foreign countries is held by corrupt governments

6. Reason #3 – denial & poor healthcare
Some governments tell AIDs patients to rely on herbal remedies instead of drugs from the West
Men do not feel protection is needed so many refuse to use it
Traditionally large families means birth control methods are discouraged
Difficult to receive these methods even if they wanted to

7. Comparing Central Pa to Democratic Republic of Congo
Pennsylvania
Democratic Republic of the Congo
20 hospitals
14 hospitals