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#63930. doctordolittle
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Why does Africa have the highest rates of AIDS?
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pjotr
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Well many factors play a role. For one, Africa is a very poor and uneducated continent. So whereas richer countries have the necessary means to devote to medical resources Africa does not. Also, many are not educated as to the dangers and causes of AIDS in their schools, causing people to take higher risks more than elsewhere. If one takes a look at the UN's Human Development Index for countries one will notice the vast majority of the countries that score lower than 50% are African countries.
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_Development_Index
Mar 26 06, 3:01 AM
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lanfranco
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Another problem involves general sexual attitudes common to areas and cultures in which women are still treated as subordinate, or where large numbers of them have no way to make a living besides prostitution. Men feel free to engage in sex (with multiple partners) whenever and with whomever they please; women do not feel free to refuse sex or to demand the use of condoms. This is a major reason for the fact that AIDS in Africa involves high rates of heterosexual transmission and the prenatal infection of infants.
This is an informative site:
http://www.avert.org/aidsinafrica.htm
Mar 26 06, 6:21 PM
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