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HIV/AIDS is a major public health concern and cause of death in many parts of Africa. Although the continent is home to about 15.2 percent of the world's population,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=World Population by continents and countries - Nations Online Project )〕 Sub-Saharan Africa alone accounted for an estimated 69 percent of all people living with HIV〔("Global Fact Sheet", Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS, 20 November 2012 )〕 and 70 percent of all AIDS deaths in 2011.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.unaids.org/en/media/unaids//documents/epidemiology/2012/gr2012/20121120_UNAIDS_Global_Report_2012_with_annexes_en.pdf )〕 Countries in North Africa and the Horn of Africa have significantly lower prevalence rates, as their populations typically engage in fewer high-risk cultural patterns that have been implicated in the virus's spread in Sub-Saharan Africa.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.unaids.org/globalreport/documents/20101123_GlobalReport_full_en.pdf )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Religious and cultural traits in HIV/AIDS epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa )〕 Southern Africa is the worst affected region on the continent. As of 2011, HIV has infected at least 10 percent of the population in Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. In response, a number of initiatives have been launched in various parts of the continent to educate the public on HIV/AIDS. Among these are combination prevention programmes, considered to be the most effective initiative, the abstinence, be faithful, use a condom campaign, and the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation's outreach programs.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.desmondtutuhivcentre.org.za/page/work )〕 According to a 2013 special report issued by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the number of HIV positive people in Africa receiving anti-retroviral treatment in 2012 was over seven times the number receiving treatment in 2005, "with nearly 1 million added in the last year alone".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=UNAIDS )〕〔("Special Report: How Africa Turned AIDS Around", Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2013 )〕 The number of AIDS-related deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2011 was 33 percent less than the number in 2005.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.unaids.org/en/media/unaids/contentassets/documents/epidemiology/2012/gr2012/20121120_UNAIDS_Global_Report_2012_with_annexes_en.pdf )〕 The number of new HIV infections in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2011 was 25 percent less than the number in 2001.〔 ==Overview== In an article entitled "The Impact of HIV & AIDS in Africa", the charitable organization AVERT wrote: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HIV/AIDS in Africa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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