Many people that play key roles in the communities are being killed by this devastating plague. People such as teachers; farmers; health-workers; and many other professionals aren’t immune to this terrible epidemic. The deaths of these professionals subsequently affect the already struggling economy. Sub-Sahara

U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan officially launched the International Partnership Against AIDS on December 7, 2000, at a meeting of the U.N. convened African Development Forum in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Partnership, which is to bring together African governments with donors, community organizations, and the private sector, will focus on reducing the number of new infections and promoting care for AIDS victims.

The female gender has taken the biggest hit in Africa. It has been estimated that one in four South African women ages twenty to twenty-nine is infected with HIV. Women know that the disease is spread sexually, and some women are learning about the preventative measures that can be taken to lower the risk of contracting the disease. Women have begun to encourage men to use condoms, but the rate of condom usage is not high enough to make a significant difference in the African community. The condoms work, but many men dislike them dislike them and will abuse the women if they ask them to use a condom because they feel that the women are not being loyal to them.

The area that has been hit the hardest is the is the sub-Saharan Africa. Eleven and a half million of these people have already died. Seven out of ten HIV newly infected people live in sub-Sahara Africa. Over 22.5 million men and women are presently living with HIV in Africa. There is no single country in sub-Sahara Africa that has escaped this grave disease, however, the number of cases among sub-Sahara African countries are significantly higher than others. In South Africa, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, and Zambia, infection rates are from one in seven

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