By United Nations
This file files the wide-ranging affects of HIV/AIDS: on inhabitants dimension and development and nationwide mortality degrees; on households and families; agricultural sustainability; company; the health and wellbeing zone; schooling, and financial progress. It additionally indicates that the AIDS epidemic will proceed to have devastating outcomes for many years to return for almost each area of society. Divided into components, half one is an try to offer a complete survey of accessible experiences at the effect of AIDS whereas half offers summaries of chosen reports, with specific cognizance to the method and scope of every learn.
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La enfermedad o muerte de un c6nyuge tiene efectos particularmente severos en las sociedades en que la divisi6n del trabajo obedece principalmente a consideraciones de genero, ya que el c6nyuge que sobrevive no puede asumir el trabajo ni las responsabilidades del c6nyuge enfermo o que ha fallecido. Por ejemplo, en el distrito Rakai de Uganda, las muertes ocasionadas por el SIDA han causado escasez de mano de obra en las labores agricolas y domesticas. En 2001, 14 millones de niiios menores de 15 aiios habian perdido a uno o ambos padres debido a1 VIH/SIDA.
Mas de 22 millones de seres humanos ya han perdido la vida y mas de 42 millones viven actualmente con el VIH/SIDA. Aun si se descubriera hoy una vacuna contra el VIH/SIDA, de todas formas moririan prematuramente, debido a1 SIDA, mas de 40 millones de personas. En muchos paises, particulannente en Africa y en 10s paises mas afectados, como Botswana, Swazilandia y Zimbabwe, la epidemia del SIDA se ha propagado rhpidamente, dejando tras de si una estela de enfermedad, muerte, pobreza y dolor. En otros paises la enfermedad se encuentra aun en sus primeras etapas.
El presente infonne abarca un campo mayor, pues en 61 se analiza el impacto, mas amplio, del VIHISIDA en el desarrollo. El informe es una contribuci6n a1 38” period0 de sesiones de la Comisi6n de Poblacion y Desarrollo, que se celebrara en 2005, con el tema “La poblacion, el desarrollo y el VIHISIDA, con especial referencia a la pobreza”. En Cl se presenta, ademas un panorama general de toda la gama de consecuencias de la epidemia del SIDA, que servira de base para la revision que debera hacer en 2005 la Asamblea General sobre la aplicaci6n de la Declaraci6n de compromiso de las Naciones Unidas en la lucha contra el VIH/SIDA, aprobada en 2001 (A/RES/S-2612).