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Population Geography and HIV/AIDS: The Challenge of a ‘Wholly Exceptional Disease’

Population Geography and HIV/AIDS: The Challenge of a ‘Wholly Exceptional Disease’. Shelby and Victor. Hypothesis of the Article. This article is to show that HIV/AIDS is a ‘wholly exceptional’ disease in an empirical and methodological sense.

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Population Geography and HIV/AIDS: The Challenge of a ‘Wholly Exceptional Disease’

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  1. Population Geography and HIV/AIDS: The Challenge of a ‘Wholly Exceptional Disease’ Shelby and Victor

  2. Hypothesis of the Article • This article is to show that HIV/AIDS is a ‘wholly exceptional’ disease in an empirical and methodological sense. • Empirical because its new, particular and severe impacts on affected populations. • Methodological because essential features have an effect on the ways geographers analysis of individuals and societies affected by HIV/AIDS.

  3. Summary • This article explains how HIV/AIDS affects the population in many countries and in the many different ways. • It tells about how Africa is the most affected by HIV/AIDS. • It shows how the population should be and what it actually is because of HIV/AIDS.

  4. Concepts from Textbook • In Africa, there are many children in the country that don’t have parents anymore because of the virus. • Unlike in other countries, where there is an older population. • In Europe and North America the fertility rates are below the average, and South America and Africa are above average. • The infant mortality in Africa and India are higher than any other place in the world.

  5. Aging Population in Europe • The fertility rate in Germany is below the average so there are more older people then young. • This can be a future problem because it is expected that by 2030 over half the population will be over 65 yrs! • This is where immigration kicks in because there are so little young people they can’t pay the taxes, so the government allows immigration so the other people can pay what they can’t.

  6. How HIV/AIDS can affect the population:

  7. HIV/AIDS • Aids is caused by a virus called HIV and it has no cure • Because of aids the population life expectancy in many countries have been lowered. • For example in Africa the parents of a family get infected and die and the children are left orphan. • These children don’t live for long if not taken care of so the more they die they lower the life expectancy goes down.

  8. Vaccine for HIV • http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/09/24/hiv.vaccine/index.html#cnnSTCVideo

  9. Vaccine for hiv • Now that they have created a vaccine for HIV the map that we showed isn’t going to be affected as much. • Also the total world population will be going up higher then regular because people wont be getting infected as much as before.

  10. HIV/AIDS Across the Globe.

  11. World Population Map

  12. Demographic Transition Model

  13. Just for fun… • http://www.yellow-llama.com/world-clock-world-statistics/

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