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1. On Individual
People infected by HIV/AIDS have weak body and the person is sick most of the time. The person is not able to work properly and so this may lead to loss of job. A lot of money is spent on buying medicine. The person feels unwanted and ashamed, may find it very difficult to work with others and feels angry which may lead to self destruction. Due to anger the person may go out to infect others. Poor concentration is also another effect of HIV/AIDS infection.
2. On the Family
The effects here will depend on the number of family members affected. The following are some of the effects:
• Use of a lot of money for the family due to frequent illness.
• If the affected family member is the breadwinner i.e. the parent he/she will not get money to help the family and the family will likely face the following: move to a cheaper house, lack money for food, clothes, medical cover and school fees. The family will have no labour force to work on the farm and miss money to carry out farm activities such as buying seeds, fertilizers, animal feeds etc.
3. On children
Children of effected parent(s) may be affected in the following ways:
• Lack of someone to encourage them as they grow.
• Lack of someone to correct them in case need be.
• Feel insecure.
• Suffer from diseases caused by lack of proper nutrition.
• Older children drop out of school to look for younger brothers and sisters. They work for the family upkeep, wash and cook, and perform various other duties.
• Parents are frustrated in losing children to HIV/AIDS.
4. On Nation
The economy of the nation is affected by HIV/AIDS as follows:
• Medicine spends a lot of money.
• A lot of time is spend in hospital by people who would be working.
• A lot of money is spent by the nation on educating its people e.g. carpenters, teachers, doctors, nurses, engineers etc and when these die of HIV/AIDS, the nation will have lost the money used in their training.
• The HIV/AIDS affected are too weak to work and this affects the nation in terms of reduced labour force.
raphael answered the question on October 7, 2018 at 15:07
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