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HIV/AIDS in Malawi

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Estimates of the prevalence of infection and the implications Prepared by: National AIDS Commission October 2003
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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS .iv
INTRODUCTION . 1
I. BACKGROUND . 2
Sentinel Surveillance . 3
Current Estimates of HIV Prevalence. 4
AIDS Deaths and New HIV Infections. 7
HIV Transmission Mechanisms . 8
Incubation Period. 9
Age and Sex Distribution of Reported AIDS Cases . 10
II. THE IMPACTS OF AIDS. 12
Annual Adult Deaths. 13
Life Expectancy . 14
Population Size and Growth . 15
Orphans and Vulnerable Children . 16
Gender and AIDS. 17
HIV and Tuberculosis . 18
Other Impacts . 19
III. THE WAY FORWARD. 21
iv LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 21
AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome DHS Demographic and Health Survey GDP Gross Domestic Product HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus STIs Sexually Transmitted Infections TB Tuberculosis UNAIDS Joint United Nations Programme on AIDS VCT Voluntary HIV Counselling and Testing 1 INTRODUCTION The HIV/AIDS epidemic has become a serious health and development problem in many countries around the world. The Joint United Nations Programme on AIDS (UNAIDS) estimates the number of HIV infections worldwide at about 40 million by the end of 2001. About 28 million infected people70 percent of the totalwere in sub-Saharan Africa. The virus that causes AIDS has already infected and is infecting many Africans. About 20 percent of the entire adult population aged 1549 is currently infected in nine southern African countries Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. This is a staggering level, and most of these people do not even know they are infected. From the beginning of the epidemic through 2000, about 4.4 million persons may have developed AIDS in southern Africa, although most of these have not been officially recorded. No cure is available for AIDS, and the disease threatens the social and economic well being of the countries. ...

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