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HIV/AIDS in South Africa. HIV/AIDS is perceived to be more prevalent in South Africa than anywhere else worldwide. About 12% of the South African population is affected by HIV/AIDS; excluding children, that percentage rises to 18%.
From Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. HIV/AIDS is more prevalent in slu[m] urban areas than in rural areas in developing countries, according to a UN-HABITAT report released on Friday, Agence France-Presse reports (Agence France-Presse, 6/15).f the sub-Saharan African countries surveyed, the report also finds higher HIV prevalence in urban areas than in rural areas in Burkina Faso, Burundi, Ghana, Mali and Niger (Lovell, Reuters, 6/15). Women living in urban areas also are more likely to contract HIV than their rural counterparts, according to the report.