AIDS in Africa The AIDS epidemic is rampant in sub-Saharan Africa due to lack of education about the disease in the poor, underdeveloped region. “Sub-Saharan Africa is home to 70% of the people who became infected with HIV this year.”(WHO). Most people in sub-Saharan Africa worry more about their next meal than they do about safe-sex. Poor, uneducated women, adolescents, children, and male workers who travel frequently are at greater risks than anyone else in …showed first 75 words of 1164 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1164 total…year.”(Oscular Surgery News). More importantly than health care, funding for education in schools is desperately needed. Children, especially young adults, need to be educated about the danger of promiscuous and unprotected sex. Many children are not aware of their options. Many are concerned about living day to day. Education programs need to be instigated so that children know that there is hope and that they can start the beginning of the prevention of AIDS.