The United Nations Population Division has painted a grim picture of
the HIV/AIDS epidemic spreading through sub-Saharan Africa.
In a new chart released by the UN Population Division, Zambia is said
to be among eight countries where the life expectancy will have
dropped by at least 17 years by 2005. Others are Botswana, Lesotho,
Swaziland, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Kenya and South Africa. The UN
Population Division said the numbers show a worsening of the impact
of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in terms of increased illness, deaths and
population loss while the epidemic has yet to reach the peak of the
deaths.
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