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Report on the Presidential Mission to Africa - ONAP
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Report on the Presidential Mission on Children Orphaned by AIDS
in Sub-Saharan Africa: Findings and Plan of Action
SummaryBaby in Crib
AIDS is the leading
cause of death in Africa. In the next decade, 40 million children will become
orphans – by losing one or both parents to AIDS.
AIDS
is wiping out decades of progress on a variety of development fronts, including
per capita GNP, infant mortality, and life expectancy.
AIDS is not just taking
lives, it is threatening economies, stability, and civil society.
As goes Africa, so will
go India, South-East Asia, and the Newly Independent States of the former
Soviet Union, and by 2005, more than 100 million people worldwide will have
been infected with HIV.
We know what works.
Scaling up these proven interventions to meet the magnitude of this crisis
is essential.
Leadership and resources
are desperately needed if we are to turn the tide.
Report on the Presidential Mission to Africa - ONAP