- HIV/AIDS
is a contributor to the hunger problem. Stephen Lewis, the UN special envoy for
HIV/AIDS in Africa, says that 20 million people in Africa have already lost their
lives to the disease and 30 million more are infected with the virus.
Of
those who presently have the disease, their immune systems are so weak they can
no longer work in the fields, increasing the malnutrition and death rate of their
families and communities whom they support.
Data
from Outreach International | - This
health tragedy has decimated whole adult populations of food producers and income
providers.
In this way, HIV/AIDS fractures the whole society, affecting hunger as well as
other issues.
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