Geography IGCSE - Uganda Population HIV/AIDS Statistics

Uganda pop.

45 million (2021, worldbank)

Uganda location

Uganda is located in East Africa and lies astride the equator.

When HIV was first recognized

1982

When antiretroviral drugs were intro.

October 2002

BP1 (47% of them are unable to send these children into schools, and 10% of them do not have money for their basic necessities.)

Women are heavily infected → pattern of familial strain financially and schooling → children orphaned → lack of assets→ no main breadwinners within the family → cannot send the children to school → repeating cycle of poverty

BP2 (The Uganda railway Corporation's employees have a labor turnover rate of 15% per year)

Numerous cases of HIV → less people working in the work force → decreased productivity in firms → prohibits company from creating more railways → poor infrastructure → depleting economy

BP3 (In 1993, over 50% of the admissions in the third largest hospital in Kampala were HIV positive)

Increasing number of people getting infected → space in the hospital limited → healthcare system unable to provide for those with other medical needs → without antiretroviral drugs → more people will get infected → Uganda's population and life expectancy will deplete faster than normal rate