Socio-Environmental Factors Affecting Transfer Rates
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"It is estimated that almost every minute one person in South Africa becomes HIV positive.” (Van Donk, 2003)
“Africa is the least equipped region in the world to deal with the multiplicity of challenges posed by this deadly virus. Infection levels are highest, access to care is lowest, and social and economic safety nets that might help families cope with the impact of the epidemic are badly frayed—in part because of the epidemic itself.” (Poku, 2001) "The HIV/AIDS epidemic has already reversed many of the development gains made in Central, Eastern and Southern Africa over the past three decades” (Barnett & Whiteside, 1999) “One in five South Africans between fifteen to forty-nine years old are living with HIV/AIDS. ” (Van Donk, 2003)  |