The+Economic+Impact+of+AIDS

The Economic impact in South Africa and Swaziland has been impacted by aids by having a labor supply shortage. This means that Aids is effecting the young adults that are the healthiest and can do more of the dangerous jobs that older people can’t do. This type of person is in short supply because of Aids. Also the costs of Aids costs the nation and families a lot more money. Some of the expenses are medical care, drugs, and funeral expenses. Indirect costs include lost time due to illness, recruitment and training costs to replace workers, and care for orphans. With this smaller labor force kids are inexperienced and will cause less productivity in the work force. Also people will take more time off from work because of them treating their other ill family members. The most important fact for this deadly disease from the economic stand point is that people with aids cost the countries more money in medical costs and labor supply. This means that the people that should be in healthy ages should be working but can’t because they have this disease and it can cause people to die young. Also by many young people dying the governments can’t tax them and they can’t get the money to fund military operations etc.  Some of the organizations that are trying to help prevent the spread of Aids is really helping people not get the disease. They are doing this by having big companies invest in their organization. This can help the economic problems by putting people back to work in South Africa and Swaziland. Some local economists estimated that if they can get at least $27 billion that it could avert 30 million new infections by 2012.