AIDS Belt

AIDS Belt

A term used early in the AIDS epidemic, which referred to a group of tropical African nations with more than 1,000 cases of AIDS, where AIDS affected heterosexuals and was linked to increased sexual activity; the "belt" countries were: Burundi, Central African Republic, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaire, and Zambia.
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Here in Malawi, in the heart of the Sub-Saharan Aids belt, people greet such statements incredulously.
A wretched, inexcusable tragedy
and Canada, including the Ontario Provincial Health Laboratories, and also included samples from the known African AIDS belt.
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But here in the Sub-Saharan Aids belt, there are so many people who are affected.
The country where you cannot help but suspend disbelief

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