One conflict in Africa that has taken a long time to gain adequate media attention, regarding its brutality, is that of the dispute of ordinary African people against AIDS. AIDS is one of the most widespread diseases in the world, resulting from HIV infection; kills nearly 1.3 million Africans every year. The social consequences of the AIDS epidemic are widely felt, not only in the health sector but also in education, industry, agriculture and the economy in general. The spread of AIDS in Africa continues to devastate communities, undoing decades of development progress. This continent faces the triple challenge of providing healthcare, antiretroviral treatment and support to a growing population of people living with AIDS. Additionally, testing will reduce the annual number of new HIV infections by making it easier for people to protect themselves and others. Finally manage the impact of millions of AIDS deaths on child and other survivors, communities and national development. Both AIDS rates and the number of people dying from AIDS vary greatly among African countries. In Somalia and Senegal the incidence of AIDS is less than 1% of the adult population, while in Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe approximately 10-15% of adults are battling AIDS. Southern Africa is hardest hit by AIDS, with a prevalence of 18%, and in other southern African countries, the national AIDS prevalence rate among adults now exceeds 20%. A number of African countries have conducted large-scale HIV prevention initiatives in an effort to reduce the scope of their epidemics. Senegal, for example, took early action to bring HIV out with strong political and community leadership. It is impossible to predict how much S...... half of the card ......t is bigger than the one who sent it. It is insistently reiterated in the Bible; the idea of equality among all human beings. Catholic tradition teaches that human dignity can be protected and that a healthy community can only be achieved if human rights are protected and responsibilities are met. Every person has an elementary right to life and a right to things obligatory for human civilization. Every human being has the right to be treated with compassion and care regardless of their level of wealth and status. Therefore it is our moral obligation to help those in need fight AIDS. It is terribly easy to take human life for granted as we live in such superior conditions, however we must keep in mind the equality between us and those around the world fighting this epidemic. The effort to create change is done simply with a kind donation and contribution to the change.
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