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The AIDS crisis in Africa has become an enormous problem that cannot and should not be ignored. Out of all of the people in the world with AIDS, at least one third reside in Africa. Why do such a large number of people with AIDS exist solely in Africa? There are many causes and no simple explanation but most of the reasoning can be lumped into three separate factors: political, social, and economic. What can be done about the AIDS problem in Africa? Only be thoroughly exploring each of the contributing factors, can an acceptable solution to the AIDS crisis be reached. 1) Thirty-four million people living in sub-Sahara Africa have been infected with HIV. 2) Eleven and a half million of these people have already died. 3) One quarter of this 11.5 million were children under the age of 15. 4) Seven out of every ten newly infected HIV cases reside in sub-Sahara Africa. 5) Nine out of every ten children under the age of 15 are infected with HIV. 6) Of all historic AIDS deaths, 83% have come from Africa. 7) 95% of all AIDS orphans live in Africa. 8) 70% of the world’s AIDS cases reside in Africa while only 10% of the world’s population resides in Africa. AIDS: An Economic Crisis My portion of the present