1. Modern Problems in Africa

2. Famine : Widespread hunger caused by the near complete lack of food
Mostly children are affected
Death is a result of diseases like malaria & infections due to a weakened immune system.
Drought & over farming are only two causes.

4. Disaster Relief United Nations International RED CROSS
Send Peacekeepers (international troops) to maintain peace in hostile regions
International RED CROSS
Feed/house/protect refugees
Doctors Without Borders
Basic medical care
UNICEF (organization to protect children of the world)
Protect children's’ health, education, clothing, shelter and rights.

5. poverty Very, very, very poor impoverished Leads to poor nutrition
Poor health care
poverty
Poor sanitation
Short life expectancy
No new businesses
Low education

6. Government Instability
African nations experience many civil wars or rebellions.
Military overthrows of the government. (Coup d'état)
Change in gov’t leads to
an unstable economy & foreigners are afraid to invest.

7. Fund civil wars Blood Diamonds
Local people are forced by soldiers to dig/mine for diamonds.
Rebels/armies take control of mines
Uncertified diamonds sold to buy weapons
Fund civil wars
Blood Diamonds
Congo, Angola & Sierra Leone
Boy Soldiers
Children are kidnapped and trained as soldiers. Forced to fight & kill to survive.

10. A.I.D.S: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
AIDS is an epidemic across Africa.
: an outbreak of a disease that spreads rapidly and widely.
34 million people in world have AIDS
24 million are from sub-Saharan Africa
85% of those who die from AIDS are from Africa.
#1 cause of death in Africa, more than wars, famine & floods.

12. AIDS is spread through contact with bodily fluids.
Blood, vaginal fluid, semen, & breast milk
HIV is the virus that causes AIDS
Three main methods of infection w/ HIV:
Having unprotected sex with an infected person.
Sharing a needle (shooting drugs) with someone who's infected
Being born to an infected mother, or drinking the breast milk of an infected woman.

13. Major causes of AIDS in Africa
Poverty – leads to poor medical care
Ignorance – lack of education/information.
Denial “It won’t happen to me”/ Refusing testing
Breastfeeding passes disease to infants.
Believing in myths : having sex with virgins will cure them!
Promiscuity – men have multiple partners increasing the number of infections.

15. 2009

16. 2012 – PBS compares AIDS in Washington, DC w/ Africa

17. 2013

20. Ebola
The 2014 Ebola epidemic was the largest in history, affecting West Africa: Guinea, Sierra Leon, & Liberia
Likely hosts = bats
Spread thru direct contact with: bodily fluids of an infected person, objects contaminated with virus, infected bats/primates

21. 1 in 2 people who contracted it died
Deaths in 2014: ~900
1 in 2 people who contracted it died
Caused localized epidemic & fears of worldwide pandemic due to modern travel & 21 day incubation period

22. Modern Problems in Africa

23. Famine : Widespread __________ caused by the near complete _____________________
Mostly ____________ are affected
Death is a result of diseases like __________ & infections due to a weakened ___________ system.
________ & over farming are only two causes.

24. Disaster Relief United Nations International ________________
Send _______________ (international troops) to maintain peace in hostile regions
International ________________
Feed/house/protect __________
__________ Without Borders
Basic medical care
______________ (organization to protect children of the world)
Protect children's’ health, education, clothing, shelter and rights.

25. poverty Very, very, very poor impoverished
Leads to ___________________
Poor health care
poverty
Poor _______________
________ life expectancy
No new businesses
Low ______________

26. Government Instability
African nations experience many __________ or rebellions.
Military overthrows of the government. (__________)
Change in gov’t
leads to an unstable economy & foreigners are afraid to ________.

27. __________________ Blood Diamonds
Local people are forced by soldiers to dig/mine for diamonds.
Rebels/armies take control of mines
Uncertified diamonds sold to buy ____________
__________________
Blood Diamonds
___________, Angola & Sierra Leone
Boy Soldiers
_______________ are kidnapped and trained as soldiers. Forced to fight & kill to survive.

29. AIDS is spread through contact with ____________.
Blood, vaginal fluid, semen, & breast milk
_____ is the virus that causes _____
Three main methods of infection w/ HIV:
Having ________________ with an infected person.
Sharing a ________ (shooting drugs) with someone who's infected
Being born to an infected mother, or drinking the breast milk of an infected woman.

30. Major causes of AIDS in Africa
Poverty – leads to poor ______________
___________ – lack of education/information.
Denial “It won’t happen to me”/ Refusing testing
Breastfeeding passes disease to infants.
Believing in myths : _____________________
Promiscuity – men have ___________ partners increasing the number of infections.

31. _________
The 2014 Ebola ___________ was the largest in history, affecting West Africa: Guinea, Sierra Leon, & Liberia (a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease)
Likely hosts = ______
Spread thru direct contact with: ____________ of an infected person, objects contaminated with virus, infected bats/primates

32. 1 in 2 people who contracted it ______
Deaths in 2014: ~_____
1 in 2 people who contracted it ______
Caused localized epidemic & fears of worldwide __________ (worldwide outbreak)
due to modern _______ & 21 day incubation period

33. ____________________: Ideology that encouraged the unity of Africans b/c their economic, social, and political progress is based on unity.
Organization of __________________ (1963): Promotes the global relations within the UN replaced by African Union (2002)