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=== 2009 H1N1 outbreak ===

 

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=== HIV and AIDS ===

HIV went directly from Africa to Haiti, then spread to the United States and much of the rest of the world beginning around 1969.<ref>[http://articles.latimes.com/2007/oct/30/science/sci-aids30 The virus reached the U.S. by way of Haiti, genetic study shows.]. ''Los Angeles Times.'' October 30, 2007.</ref> [[HIV]], the virus that causes [[AIDS]], is currently a pandemic, with infection rates as high as 25% in southern and eastern Africa. In 2006 the HIV prevalence rate among pregnant women in [[South Africa]] was 29.1%.<ref>[http://www.avert.org/safricastats.htm The South African Department of Health Study, 2006]</ref> Effective education about safer sexual practices and [[bloodborne infection]] precautions training have helped to slow down infection rates in several African countries sponsoring national education programs. Infection rates are rising again in Asia and the Americas. AIDS could kill 31 million people in [[India]] and 18 million in [[China]] by 2025, according to projections by U.N. population researchers.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/03/AR2006060300229.html AIDS Toll May Reach 100 Million in Africa]. [[Washington Post]]. June 4, 2006.</ref> AIDS death toll in [[Africa]] may reach 90-100 million by 2025.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/mar/04/aids Aids could kill 90 million Africans, says UN]</ref>