According to
AVERT, the social impact of HIV on the hardest hit countries is devastating.
- Incredible strain is placed on hospitals and healthcare workers
- Households dissolve easily when a parent dies and families are separated
- Households often lose their income-earners
- Children are often forced to leave school to work or take care of sick family members
- Women are often left with no options but prostitution
- Production of food declines
- Money available to spend on food and other basic necessities declines
- The economy is severely damaged
