Southern Africa: AIDS to Cut Life Expectancy By 17 Years

14 June 2001
The Post (Lusaka)

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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