Aids continues to have a far greater impact on Africa than any other continent.
The Aids situation in Africa is catastrophic and sub-Saharan Africa continues to head the list as the world's most affected region. And Africa has buried three-quarters of the more than 20 million people who have died of Aids since the epidemic began. The picture across Africa is bleak, but it is not uniform. The UN says the key difference between those countries which have managed to contain the epidemic and those that have not, is time. Lost time When Aids first emerged as a real threat to millions of people on the African continent two decades ago, a few countries, including Uganda, Senegal and Zambia, acted quickly to combat its spread.