Death stalks a continent: The effects of aids in Africa and it's people.

Death Stalks A Continent In the dry timber of African societies, AIDS was a spark. The conflagration it set off continues to kill millions. Here's why By Johanna McGeary GREG MARINOVICH/LIAISON FOR TIME Forced out of home: A child has to care for her mother, paralyzed by the AIDS virus and ostracized by the community Imagine your life this way. You get up in the morning and breakfast with your three kids. One is …

…5-49. This age range captures those in their most sexually active years. While the risk of HIV infection continues beyond the age of 50, the fast majority of people with substantial risk behaviour are likely to have become infected by this age. Since population structures differ greatly from one country to another, especially for children and the upper adult ages, the restriction of 'adults' to 15-49 has the advantage of making different populations more comparable