AIDS Halves Swazi Life Expectancy – MSF
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), warning of a health emergency in Swaziland, says the twin epidemics of AIDS and tuberculosis are ravaging that country, helping to halve life expectancy to 31 years.
The Geneva-headquartered medical charity points out that, "The co-epidemic has contributed substantially to a halving of life expectancy within two decades - from 60 years in the 1990s to 31 in 2007."
The organisations further says Swaziland has the highest rate of HIV infection in the world at 26.1 percent, adding more than 80 percent of people suffering from tuberculosis have also been infected with HIV.
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The Geneva-headquartered medical charity points out that, "The co-epidemic has contributed substantially to a halving of life expectancy within two decades - from 60 years in the 1990s to 31 in 2007."
The organisations further says Swaziland has the highest rate of HIV infection in the world at 26.1 percent, adding more than 80 percent of people suffering from tuberculosis have also been infected with HIV.
To read the article titled, “AIDS halves Swazi life expectancy,” click here.
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