HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa

Anisa Mosam; Ncoza C Dlova

doi:10.1016/j.det.2006.06.003

HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa

Dermatol Clin. 2006 Oct;24(4):421-9, v. doi: 10.1016/j.det.2006.06.003.

Authors

Anisa Mosam¹, Ncoza C Dlova

Affiliation

¹ Department of Dermatology, Room 327, 3(rd) Floor, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, 719 Umbilo Road, Congella 4013, South Africa. mosama@ukzn.ac.za

PMID: 17010772
DOI: 10.1016/j.det.2006.06.003

Abstract

The impact that HIV/AIDS has made on modern society is unquestionable. It has ravaged societies across the globe without the discrimination. It has swept across the globe like no other plague in human history, leaving nothing in its path untouched. Like all catastrophes, the havoc wreaked by HIV/AIDS most impacts people living in the poorest nations of the world. This article deals with the impact of HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / complications
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / drug therapy
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / epidemiology*
Africa South of the Sahara / epidemiology
HIV Infections / complications
HIV Infections / drug therapy
HIV Infections / epidemiology*
Humans
Skin Diseases / complications