POPULATION natural population structure change (HIV/AIDS) - Botswana Flashcards

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what part of the population did AID’s impact the most?

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  • working class/economically active
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because of the loss of many adults what is happening to children?

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  • 120,000 children have been orphaned because of HIV/AID’s
    = impact on a child (behavioural, developmental, etc.) means they may not be able tp get/ hold a job - which impacts economy
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how much of the population has AID’s in Botswana?

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25%

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how is AID’s affecting the economy/workforce?

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  • working age population are dying which means less people earning money
  • not enough people to employ
  • children have to start working from a young age if parents are sick
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how is AID’s transmitted?

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it’s a sexually transmitted disease, people can pass it on to their partners and also the children they have.

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what happens to children with aids?

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  • children that are born with AID’s will not grow properly and by the time they are at working age they could be in critical condition
    = means less people helping the economy
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what is the health care like in botswana?

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the health care in Botswana is really bad - Botswana already has economic problems and the government aren’t able to provide good health care
- poverty also worsens the conditions (making more people sick = less health care available)

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how can AID’s be treated?

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AID’s can be treated with medicine but there isn’t a cure

- everyone in the country knows very little about AID’s and also prevention techniques

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what happens to the young population bc of AIDS?

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have to work at a younger age

- AIDS can cause harm to infants

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what happens to the elderly population bc of AIDS?

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  • may have to work to earn money bc their children have AIDS
  • take care of younger children
  • less health care for them
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what happened to the life expectancy in Botswana?

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fallen below 40

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