This tactile feedback is related to a difference in tis-sue density as one goes from the parenchyma to the vessels or from the parenchyma to the collecting sys-tem, and also to the selectivity of the CUSA to spare tissue of high collagen content.
1 In the least developed countries, the overall illiteracy rate is 49 percent. 2  52 percent of all non-literates live in India and China. 3  Africa as a continent has a literacy rate of less than 60 percent. 4  In Sub-Saharan Africa since 1980, primary school enrollment has declined, going from 58 percent to 50 percent.
HIV/AIDS in South Africa is a prominent health concern; South Africa is believed to have more people with HIV/AIDS than any other country in the world. The 2007 UNAIDS report estimated that 5,700,000 South Africans had HIV/AIDS, or just under 12% of South Africa's population of 48 million. In the adult population the rate is 18.5%. The number of infected is larger than in any other single country in the world.