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Zambia hard hit by AIDS BBC News The southern African country of Zambia has set a new record — one which no country would wish to hold. The average life expectancy in the country is 33 years — by far the lowest in the world — and it is all due to AIDS. The illness has been referred to as the viral genocide, cutting down 200 Zambians every day. One in five Zambians is HIV-positive which, for a country with a population of only 10 million, is a devastating statistic.
—Posted: May 11, 2003
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