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Billions more people despite HIV/AIDS

    JOHANNESBURG

    Africa's population could increase by more than one billion by 2050, despite the continent's high rate of HIV infection, a new report has suggested.

    In its "World Population Data Sheet", the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) said the central African region was expected to have the fastest-growing population by 2050, with western Africa a close second.

    Carl Haub, the leading author of the report, said in a statement: "The governments don't have the wherewithal to fund the [family planning] programmes, and any family planning programme is interrupted by political strife."

    Haub said Africa was going to have a "hard time taking on another one billion people".

    The report indicated that African governments, particularly in sub-Saharan countries, would need to create "millions of jobs and improve health care facilities and schools" to deal with the increase.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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