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- 1. The AIDS Atlas By Morgan Emily Patterson
- 2. The Thesis Geographic correlations can be drawn between the
different regions of high HIV infections and Auto Immune Deficiency
diagnoses.
- 3. What is HIV AIDS? H Human I Immunodeficiency V Virus A
Acquired I Immuno D Deficiency S Syndrome
- 4. Where Did It Begin? Africa 1930s Monkey/Ape Theory Much
remains a mystery
- 5. Past to Present Correlations Sub- Sahara Africa is
responsible for two-thirds of all HIV/AIDS cases 75% of HIVS/AIDS
Deaths In South Africa, 29% of pregnant woman have HIV 20% of
Zimbabwe's adult population has HIV/AIDS Poverty, Inadequate
Healthcare and education, and promiscuity keep this unfortunate
trend in affect
- 6. The Global Epidemic AIDS is prevalent in every country today
In 2011, an estimated 34 million people had HIV/AIDS And almost 3
million of them died 25 million deaths World Wide
- 7. AIDS in America: A History Timeline 1981- first official
reporting of what would soon be the AIDS epidemic 1985- The link
between HIV and AIDS is discovered 1989- 100,000 reported AIDS
cases 1995- 500,000 reported AIDS cases 2007- 565,000 deaths since
1981
- 8. AIDS in America: Today 1.2 million 1 in 7 people with HIV
are unaware of their infection 1 and 4 HIV infections are among
youth ages 13- 24 and have no idea that they have it
- 9. AIDS in America: Map
- 10. AIDS in America: Geographical and Cultural Trends Very
prevalent in Urban Areas with larger populations Many of these
regions are impoverished
- 11. AIDS in America: Geographical and Cultural Trends Gay and
Bisexual Men of all races are the most severely affected
https://www.aids.gov/hiv-aids-basics/hiv-aids-101/statistics/index.html
- 12. Final Geographic Conclusions and Trends Most cases of HIV
are from countries or areas with low- or middle-income regions due
to inadequate healthcare, education and cultural circumstances
Sub-Sahara Africa is responsible for the most amount of cases due
to the fact that it was the originating region of the virus It
continues to spread to a variety of regions due to the lack of a
cure
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http://aidsvu.org/map/