1. Prior to the AIDS epidemic, what type of population growthwas occurring in sub-Saharan Africa?
2. Approximately how many people in sub-Saharan Africa are infectedwith HIV? How many died in the last year?
3. What sorts of general changes will this dramatic number ofdeaths cause to the population structure of these sub-SaharanAfrican countries?
4. What will happen to the age structure of the population? Whatabout birthrates?
5. Although there have been many efforts to help educate infectedpatients in how to slow or stop the spread of HIV, these effortshave not been successful in some parts of Africa. Why is this?
