According to the latest available data (which has a delay latency), HIV prevalence among black Africans is 16.6%; followed by 'coloureds' (5.3%); whites (1.1%); and Indian/Asian (0.8%). HIV annual incidence among adults aged 15 to 49 years in South Africa is 0.79% with 0.93% among females and 0.69% among males. In South Africa the primary infection route is through heterosexual sex however pregnancy is also a major infection cause. As such, it's of concern that 80% of infected people aged 20-24 are female infecting 40,000 children each and every year. There are variations between provinces with over a third of pregnant women in KwaZulu-Natal province being infected (see graph above). Poverty in South Africa is already rife and the loss of an adult carer such as a mother have have serious consequences with older children having to fulfil that role, provide care themselves to younger siblings and often having to give up school in order to do so. Again, the loss of an adult, particularly a male father can plunge a family into further poverty from which there is little or no escape. Cont/...