HIV/AIDS in Sub Saharan Africa

HIV/AIDS has ravaged Sub Saharan Africa and has effected more than just the health of the people inflicted with the disease.  HIV/AIDS spread so rapidly in this region mainly due to  the people's ignorance of ways to prevent the spread of the disease and also the incapability of these underdeveloped countries to provide treatment for the disease.  These factors continue to increase the damage that the epidemic is dealing on this region.  HIV/AIDS has orphaned millions of children, decreased the work force in the region, and had other affects that put strains on the already struggling Sub Saharan economies.  These direct effects that HIV/AIDS has had on the people of the region have put further strains on trying to control the spread of the disease because the countries have difficulty in spending money on projects and research to control the epidemic.