HIV in Africa: What Is the Future?
Authors: Seth Berkley
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1992)

Editorials15 February 1992HIV in Africa: What Is the Future?Seth Berkley, MDSeth Berkley, MDSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-116-4-339_2 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptSub-Saharan Africa has less than 10% of the world's population but suffers a disproportionate amount of the world's problems. Unchecked population growth, poor economic development, periodic drought, and protracted civil unrest have led to environmental degradation and mounting external debt, which has resulted in a decade of mostly falling per-capita incomes. This in turn has led to worsening health status. As if these burdens were not enough for Africa, the pandemic of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection has spread more extensively in Africa during the last decade than in any other region of the world. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: Seth Berkley, MDAffiliations: The Rockefeller Foundation New York, NY 10036 PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byHIV trends in African blood donorsHIV and AIDS in AfricaAIDS in AfricaSexually transmitted diseases and travelersAIDS in AfricaOmoigui Nowa, MDMPHInterface of malnutrition and human immunodeficiency virus infection in sub-Saharan Africa: A critical reviewHIV and AIDSMother-to-Child Transmission of HIV 15 February 1992Volume 116, Issue 4Page: 339-341KeywordsForecastingHIVHIV infections ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 15 February 1992 PDF downloadLoading ...