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The pandemic of AIDS is spreading all over the continent. A pandemic is when a disease is widespread over the whole continent. However it is also an epidemic. An epidemic is when a disease spreads over a community. In the past 20 years, 65 million have fallen ill to the AIDS virus, and about 25 million have already perished from it. With these numbers, AIDS is the countries top killer. Even with these devastating facts, there is no cure in the near future. Even though AIDS is prominent in Africa, it also spreading to Eurasia and other continents (Future of Aids). In our opinion, since the pandemic cannot be stopped (Secure the Future), the virus will spread to other developing nations. Between the years of 2010 and 2015, people between the ages of 15 and 34 are estimated to have 17 times as many deaths. Also, the expected life span for women in 2010 is expected to fall to a mere 37 years old. Already, there is 1.2 million orphans in Africa, but because of the spread of the pandemic, that number will increase to 3.2 million in 2010 (Bethseda Outreach).

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-> The spread of HIV over time in the sub-Saharan Africa rised quickly within the time of twenty years, it started out as on 1% to 5% but more recently a lot of South Africa has been greatly affected by the epidemic with about 20% to 40% affected by AIDS. Since the spread of AIDS has been moving rapidly it is predicted that it will spread farther north.