Word: sub-saharan
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...There is a virtual holocaust in Sub-Saharan Africa," Rivers said. "Africa is about to slide off the face of the Earth...
...million People in sub-Saharan Africa living with HIV or AIDS...
...People in sub-Saharan Africa who die of AIDS each...
...group, teenagers tend to assume they're going to live forever. But not in Africa, and especially not in those countries hardest hit by AIDS. According to a new United Nations study, 15-year-olds living in sub-Saharan Africa have a fifty-fifty chance of getting infected with the AIDS virus--and dying long before their time...
...this year). Coming up fast are the Australians, at 73.2, followed by France, Sweden, Spain and Italy. The U.S. notched an even 70. At the bottom? Sierra Leone, at 26 healthy years per person. In fact, the bottom 23 places on the 191-nation list were all countries from sub-Saharan Africa, ravaged by the AIDS epidemic, malaria and other tropical diseases, poor nutrition and unsafe water. "Healthy life expectancy in some African countries," said Murray, "is dropping back to levels we haven't seen in advanced countries since medieval times." These nations lack the facilities, the funds and organization...