Nine out of 10 children with HIV in the world live in the region , which has 11.4 million orphans because of AIDS , the report said , and 1.5 million people there died of the disease in 2007 . Pope Benedict XVI refuses to soften the Angola 's ban on condom use . He made comments as he arrived in Africa for his first visit to the continent as pope . He is visiting Benedict XVI , the first stop on a trip that will also take him to Vatican . Sub-Saharan Africa has been hit harder by AIDS and HIV than any other region .
Pope Benedict XVI refuses to soften the Angola 's ban on condom use . He made comments as he arrived in Africa for his first visit to the continent as pope . He is visiting Benedict XVI , the first stop on a trip that will also take him to Vatican . Sub-Saharan Africa has been hit harder by AIDS and HIV than any other region .