than because of a change in the epidemic. Deaths (from any cause) of persons with HIV/AIDS ... HIV/AIDS has increased steadily. Prior to 1992, AIDS, but not HIV-only cases ... The implementation of named HIV reporting in 1992 led to a spike in diagnosed cases of HIV/AIDS
Figure 1. Estimates of HIV/AIDSdeath rates in 1996 and 2000/1 by age and sex ... The increase in the age specific death rates for HIV/AIDS, explicitly recorded on the death certificate, (Figure 1) showed a distinct age pattern with a marked increase of almost 7 per 1 000 in child deaths and a peak increase of 2.7 per 1 000 at age 30 ... of death with increases that followed the distinct HIV/AIDS pattern and these were used to estimate the excess deaths attributed to AIDS. The difference in rates
with an adult prevalence of 10% or more, HIV/AIDS will erase 17 years of potential gains ... 40% (UNAIDS, 2002c). By 2000 there was an estimated 7, 8 million AIDS orphans ... Adults & c h i l dr e n living with HIV/AIDS 29.4 million Adults & children newly infected with HIV 3.5 million Adult prevalence rate Percentage of infected adults who are women Region Sub -S a h a r a n Africa North Africa & Middle East So
Table 15: EstimatedHIV/AIDS Related Deaths Among Professions in Malawi YEAR MOEST MOAI MOHP TOTAL TOTAL Sources: Planning Unit, Ministry of Health and Population ... specifically showed that the Ministry of Education is most affected by HIV/AIDS compared
Epidemiologic data from Germany where since the beginning of the epidemic about 28, 000 people died of AIDS related causes, are shown in Figure 2. Each year there are still 3000 people newly infected with HIV and about 1100 start suffering from AIDS.
Figure 1). AIDS is caused by HIV, a virus which kills or impairs cells in the immune ... of the critical problems relating to Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), however the link between the disease and its impact