My HIV/AIDS assignment...

HIV/AIDS...

What is HIV/AIDS???

HIV – Human Immunodeficiency Virus

AIDS – Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

This is a condition in humans in which the immune system begins to fail, leading to life-threatening opportunistic infections.

Statistics…

v      51% (approximately 25, 66 million) of the population is female.

v      Gauteng comprises the largest share of the SA population, with approximately 11, 19 million people (22, 4 %) live in this province.

v      KZN. Is the province with the second largest share with 10, 65 million people (21, 3 %) living in this province.

v      Northern Cape with a population of approximately 1, 10 million people is this province with the smallest share in SA.

Aged younger than 15 years…

v      Nearly one-third (31, 0 %)

v      Approximately 23% (3, 52 mil.) live in KZN and 19, 3% (2, 99 mil.) live in Gauteng

Aged 60 years and older…

v      7, 6% (3, 8 mil.)

Aged between 15-49 years…

v      An Estimated 17% of the population is HIV positive.

Something interesting…

v      Life expectancy at birth is estimated at 53, 3 years for males and 55, 2 years for females!!!

Table 1: Mid-year population estimates for SA by population group and sex, 2010…

Population group	Male		Female		Total
	Number	% of total population	Number	% of total population	Number	% of total population
African	19314500	79,4	2036810	79,4	39682600	79,4
Coloured	2124900	8,7	2299200	9,0	4424100	8,8
Indian /Asian	646600	2,7	653300	2,5	1299900	2,6
White	224300	9,2	2341700	9,1	4584700	9,2
National	24329000	100,0	25662300	100,0	49991300	100,0

Table 2: Mid-year population estimates by province,2010…

	Population estimates	% share of the total population
Eastern Cape	6743800	13,5
Free State	2824500	5,7
Gauteng	11191700	22,4
KZN	10645400	21,3
Limpopo	5439600	10,9
Mpumalanga	3617600	7,2
Northern Cape	1103900	2,2
North West	3200900	6,4
Western Cape	5223900	10,4
TOTAL	49991300	100,0

Region	Adults & Children Living with HIV/AIDS	Adults & Children newly infected	Adult prevalence	AIDS-related deaths in adult & Children
Sub Saharan Africa	22, 5 mil.	1, 8 mil.	5, 0%	1, 3 mil.
North Africa & Middle east	460, 00	75, 00	0, 2%	24, 000
South and South East Asia	4, 1 mil	270, 00	0, 3%	260, 00
East Asia	770,00	82, 00	<0,1%	36, 00
Oceania	57, 00	4, 500	0, 3%	1, 400
Central & South America	1, 4 mil.	92, 000	0, 5%	58, 000
Caribbean	240, 00	17, 000	1, 0%	12, 000
Easter Europe & Central Asia	1, 4 mil.	130, 000	0, 8%	76, 000
North America	1, 5 mil.	70, 000	0, 5%	26, 000
Western & Central Europe	820, 00	31, 000	0, 2%	8, 500
GLOBAL TOTAL	33, 3 mil.	2, 6 mil.	0, 8%	1, 8 mil.

Other Facts about HIV/AIDS…

Over the past 27 years, nearly 25 million people have died from AIDS. HIV/AIDS causes debilitating illness and premature death in people during their prime years of life and has devastated families and communities.

v      ART- This is a Antiretroviral Therapy which extends people with HIV/AIDS lives.

v      HIV- Infection results in the progressive deterioration of the immune system, breaking down the body’s ability to fend off infections and diseases.

v      AIDS- Refers to the most advanced stages of HIV infection, defined by the occurrence of any of more than 20 opportunistic infections or related cancers.

v      HIV can be transmitted through unprotected sexual intercourse (Vaginal or anal) or oral sex with an infected person, transfusions of contaminated blood, and the sharing of contaminated needles, syringes or other sharp instruments. Also between a mother and her baby during pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding.

v      33, 4 million people live with HIV/AIDS worldwide. An estimated 2, 7 million people were newly infected with the virus in 2008.

v      HIV/AIDS is the world’s leading infectious killer claiming to date more than 27 million lives. An estimated 2 million people die every year from HIV/AIDS.

v      ART- Antiretroviral Therapy prevents the HIV virus from multiplying in the body. If the reproduction of the HIV virus stops, the body immune cells are able to live longer and provide the body with protection from infections.

v      According to the 2008 figures there are more than 2 million children living with HIV/AIDS. The number of children receiving ART increased from about 75 000 in 2005 to 355 000 in 2009. 

Some of the history of HIV/AIDS in SA…

KwaZulu-Natal

2001 - 35, 5 %

2002 - 36, 5 %

2003 - 37, 5%

2004 - 40, 7%

2005 - 39, 1%

2006 - 39, 1%

2007 - 38, 7%

2008 - 38, 7%

2009 - 39, 5%

Mpumalanga

2001 - 29, 2%

2002 - 28, 6%

2003 - 32, 6%

2004 - 30, 8%

2005 - 34, 8%

2006 - 32, 1%

2007 - 34, 6%

2008 - 35, 5%

2009 - 34, 7%

Freestate

2001 - 30, 1%

2002 - 28, 8%

2003 - 30, 1%

2004 - 29, 5%

2005 - 30, 3%

2006 - 31, 1%

2007 - 31, 5%

2008 – 32, 9%

2009 – 30, 1%

National  statistics of SA…

2001 – 24, 8%

2002 – 26, 5%

2003 – 27, 9%

2004 – 29, 5%

2005 – 30, 2%

2006 – 29, 1%

2007 – 29, 4%

2008 – 29, 3%

2009 – 29, 4%