The AIDS Crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa

question 55

Multiple Choice

The AIDS crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa

• A) could not have been anticipated in the late 1980s.
• B) will lead to a significant decline in the population of the region within ten years.
• C) is particularly concentrated among the working-age segment of the population.
• D) has not really been addressed by the region's governments.
• E) is nearing an end due to the availability of a vaccine.

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